Old Hand-carved Cooper's Measuring Wheel artwood and old tack holes around

and old tack holes around the perimeter

with lid screwed on tight

Last week it was an Esther whose 19th century watercolor self portrait I feel in love with

What I especially like about this "scale of values"

Old Hand-carved Cooper's Measuring Wheel artwood and old tack holes aroundThis 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