Cool Looking and Super Useful Modular, Rotating Antique Turned Wood Spool Holder folk art animal A terrific gift for the

A terrific gift for the aspiring magician or most anyone

There's no mark on the base of this American Arts and Crafts pottery vase and I haven't been able to find another with same form to match it to

or so in these floral painted wooden boxes

it makes a satisfying solid

I think it likely thathe carved it for a child or grandchild

Cool Looking and Super Useful Modular, Rotating Antique Turned Wood Spool Holder folk art animal A terrific gift for theI found this one at antiques shop in Maine and was struck by what a handy spool holder it would be with twelve pegs for spools on the rotating wheel, which one could spin like a lazy susan to have the right color immediately at hand. But also I think it is really cool for its completely modular construction, with each of those arms (like spokes) made up of a dowel threaded with a series of turned bits that hold a second dowel the bobbin holder in