Lot Essay
For a similar example, see Garvan, p. 56, fig. 8.
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A HEART-CARVED WALNUT YARN WINDER
PENNSYLVANIA, LATE 18TH CENTURY
The scrolled support with heart-carved crest and sawtooth and rosette carved coggle-wheel counting mechanism centering a four-arm winding wheel with straight-sided arms and bracket termini above a rectangular plinth on four splayed cylindrical legs--32½in. high, 15in. deep, 21½in. diameter across wheel
PENNSYLVANIA, LATE 18TH CENTURY
The scrolled support with heart-carved crest and sawtooth and rosette carved coggle-wheel counting mechanism centering a four-arm winding wheel with straight-sided arms and bracket termini above a rectangular plinth on four splayed cylindrical legs--32½in. high, 15in. deep, 21½in. diameter across wheel
Provenance
Joyce M. Leiby, May 13, 1979