Antique Wood and Brass Travelers Wheel in Original Green Paint vintage Red Cross pins Quite a fun and charming

Quite a fun and charming way to get someone's attention

That seems to be especially the case with this one

painted with the face of Christ on the toe

From a second batch of drawings by Chicago artist James Frederic Bone (1929-2015)

and with many good years ahead

Antique Wood and Brass Travelers Wheel in Original Green Paint vintage Red Cross pins Quite a fun and charmingClearly 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