Cool Looking and Super Useful Modular, Rotating Antique Turned Wood Spool Holder folk art animal or so in these floral

or so in these floral painted wooden boxes

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

with new board backing recently added

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 or so in these floralI 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