Salesman Sample Mechanical Armature with Large Brass Ratcheting Gears (Partial) braided silk mat Of course I'd probably forgo

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

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

1950s or so I'd think

6 7/8" x 5 5/8" x 1/2"

a souvenir from Coney Island circa 1950s

Salesman Sample Mechanical Armature with Large Brass Ratcheting Gears (Partial) braided silk mat Of course I'd probably forgoI'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,