Lot Essay
Several forms comparable to the measuring reels illustrated here are included in Garvan, pp. 58 - 59, figs. 9, 10, and 13.
Details
A WALNUT AND OAK MEASURING REEL
SOUTHEASTERN PENNSYLVANIA, DATED 1778
The rectangular calibrated counting mechanism centering a six-arm winding wheel with bracket termini, all above a baluster-turned shaft over a spreading molded circular foot on three baluster-turned legs with ball feet--39½in. high
SOUTHEASTERN PENNSYLVANIA, DATED 1778
The rectangular calibrated counting mechanism centering a six-arm winding wheel with bracket termini, all above a baluster-turned shaft over a spreading molded circular foot on three baluster-turned legs with ball feet--39½in. high
Provenance
Pennypacker Auction Centre, Reading, Pennsylvania, October 10, 1977