Antique Wood and Brass Travelers Wheel in Original Green Paint art deco penguin with a terrific sense of

with a terrific sense of power and also gentleness about her

I have long admired these sorts of tiles-- produced in the 18th and 19th century during the Qajar period in Persia--which very frequently feature hunters on horses like this one

” dates it prior to 1941 from what I have learned

with wear and paint loss as evident

and all the more striking in person

Antique Wood and Brass Travelers Wheel in Original Green Paint art deco penguin with a terrific sense ofClearly I love an old handmade tool, made by a specific person for a specific purpose, and this a very satisfying one a travelers wheel constructed of carved wood, in its original dark green paint, with a heavy hand wrought brass wheel. Travelers were made and used by blacksmiths and barrel makers and wheelwrights to measure circumference this one travels about 8 inches with one roll around the wheel. It appears be notched on one spot, and perhaps