Old Hand-carved Cooper's Measuring Wheel hand-carved nut 9 1/2" l x 5"

9 1/2" l x 5" w x 2 3/4" d and in good condition

6 3/8" tall x 5" long including pole x 1 1/4" deep

signed Lisa Herb

There's an old wire at the top for hanging

which just pops (though the polka dotted ends of her obi are pretty great too

Old Hand-carved Cooper's Measuring Wheel hand-carved nut 9 1/2" l x 5"This I am more or less certain is an old handmade traveler wheel, likely made by a cooper (maker of casks, barrels, etc from timber) for their own use in measuring circumferences. There are no notches or clearly evident measuring marks on the wheel, but this is sometimes the case; there is a small dark spot on each side, which looks to be a scald mark and could have done the trick, or a graphite mark could have been used. I really love it as an