Antique Wood and Brass Travelers Wheel in Original Green Paint art deco penguin with wear and paint loss

with wear and paint loss as evident

with a terrific sense of power and also gentleness about her

This box is in excellent shape inside and out

it is uncertain exactly the purpose they served

and  light wear along the edges and corners

Antique Wood and Brass Travelers Wheel in Original Green Paint art deco penguin with wear and paint lossClearly 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