Sunday, May 23, 2010

LONG WEEKEND

It's the Victoria Day long weekend, so I'm out here at Albert Head if you need me...

But I've had the most amazing couple of days!

Wendy innocently sent around a copy of a craigslist ad (which Isobel had forwarded to her, enablers both of them) the other day that went like this...

MISCELLANEOUS FURNITURE
- Bankers desk solid wood , 5ft x 3ft $65 OBO
- antique pine spinning wheel (walking wheel) $225 OBO
- solid maple armchair $35 OBO
- wood trestle table 66in.x 30in. $20 OBO

To make a long story short, I'm now the proud owner of the second item on that list...

After long conversations with Wendy on the phone about what to look for, I called another friend, Raven, who owns a walking wheel and knows a lot about them, to come along with me. She pointed out a few issues that need repair, but nothing too serious. I was especially delighted to see that it had a 'miners head' attachment (the other part of it, for those of you who will notice it missing, was nicely set aside in a bag) which apparently ups the value somewhat...

And then Raven brushed aside some of that very old drive band material to reveal this...

As soon as I got home I googled Mr. Pierce and found lots of info -- this miners head attachment was manufactured in about 1870 in New Hampshire, and the wheel itself is likely even older.

Now the astute among you are asking yourselves, "Where, on a 40-foot boat, is Marilyn going to put a great wheel??" and that was my biggest dilemma until Wendy very kindly offered the storage space directly in front of her very large picture window in her living room. :-) Works for me!

Much more to show and tell when I get back to the computer on Tuesday morning!

1 comment:

Monica said...

Some things you just have to have. That is a glorious wheel.