Yarn Winder Niddy Noddy Whimsey in a Bottle bat vessel There is one very very

There is one very very tiny chip around the lip of the platter

brass wire beautifully wraps both the horizontally running bristles that form the handle and attached bunches of bristles that hang down perpendicularly

and I can't resist snatching them up when I find them

this antique oak wood box is constructed of four hinged parts with triangular shaped ends

Yarn Winder Niddy Noddy Whimsey in a Bottle bat vessel There is one very verySince finding one of these amazing old "yarn winder" whimsies in a bottle at Brimfield last summer, I've been on the lookout, and this is only the second one I've come across. (I quickly discovered they are quite the coveted objects.) And this is quite a nice one I think. The hand carved stopper turns the winder inside, but is forever kept from pulling out by a carved wooden arm that extends across just below the neck of the bottle. The four arm