This early Shaker sieve has a design in the horsehair woven mesh. The sieve has wooden pegs all around the edge and the lap is nailed. The rims on top and bottom are a little rough from use and the strainer has two areas at the edges that have weakened, see pictures. This is early and very nice and displays easily hanging on a peg or nail. It is 13 1/2" 4" high. C. 1830
This is a very nice Shaker wheel walker with nice surface wear on the working end. 7 1/2" and is circa 1840
(. The finger is used to begin or lengthen the turn of the spinning wheel. A person holds the rounded end, and the lip on the other end rests on a spoke in the great
wheel. Apply pressure upward or downward to begin the wheel to spin
- or to accelerate an already spinning wheel - then slip it back into your apron and get spinning.)
Courtesy Clyde M.
This is a very nice all original very small paint decorated box. It is all original and including the lock and key but the lock I think been disabled. The boards are thick for such a small box and the nails are also oversized for the box. It is the kind of thing that makes you smile...