Antique Wood and Brass Travelers Wheel in Original Green Paint art deco penguin with wear and paint loss

with wear and paint loss as evident

One is headless(

” dates it prior to 1941 from what I have learned

I have long admired these sorts of tiles-- produced in the 18th and 19th century during the Qajar period in Persia--which very frequently feature hunters on horses like this one

it is uncertain exactly the purpose they served

Antique Wood and Brass Travelers Wheel in Original Green Paint art deco penguin with wear and paint lossClearly 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