New Favorite Thing, Old Handmade Turning Disks Mechanical Toy from Vermont Estate cloudy sky reminiscent of the iconic 17th

reminiscent of the iconic 17th c

Methinks this young man was

he paid a fair bit for it

Very well worn with scratches

in hand feels very crisp and bright

New Favorite Thing, Old Handmade Turning Disks Mechanical Toy from Vermont Estate cloudy sky reminiscent of the iconic 17thI love this thing, which I take for an old handmade wooden "fidget" toy of sorts: turn the red painted handle at center, and the five wooden disks rotate, individually and each turning the next so they all circle around the ring like cogs in a wheel. Sometimes they move together well, and sometimes not quite so smoothly, which lends some excitement to the operation one wants to turn the handle just right. I know this was found in an old barn in