1790-1830
GUSN-3370
A rectangular post with a turned ball finial holds the turned reel with 5 turned posts that have rod turned ends. The post is pierced at the mid-section for a saw-tooth edge (gear). It is all raised on a heavy trapezodial base with notched edges and 3 splayed, turned feet.
spools
hardwood
turning (shaping process)
Hardwood
Turned
Reel, Clock
Original to Cogswell's Grant (Essex, Mass.),
Unknown
37 x 26 (HxW) (inches)
Gift of Bertram K. and Nina Fletcher Little
1991.1154
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