Salesman Sample Mechanical Armature with Large Brass Ratcheting Gears (Partial) braided silk mat And as the shape of

And as the shape of the point pretty much exactly echoes the cutout of the tail

which I purchased from a seller in New Hampshire

with hardened clear tape holding down the corners

Of course I'd probably forgo actually playing Parcheesi and just make up my own game to play with them

with a couple of tiny hairline cracks that don't go all the way through and some dryness to the wood

Salesman Sample Mechanical Armature with Large Brass Ratcheting Gears (Partial) braided silk mat And as the shape ofI'm guessing this was a salesman sample for an industrial strength clothes ringer dryer or something along those lines, as I've seem a few with a similar sort of standing armature holding a rotating dowel at center, most of those with a crank arm on the side. Here, though, are these quite large sawtooth brass gears, which operate via ratcheting, and make the most completely satisfying sound as they do. As the gears turn so does that center dowel,