UNUSUAL18thC SMALL ANTIQUE, CHILDS SPINNING WHEEL, VGC. Start Price GBP 150.00 Current Price GBP 150.00 Time Left - Bid Count 0 Buy It Now Price - Reserve Price - Start Time Thursday, October 02, 2008 End Time Saturday, October 18, 2008 Location sunny burnley See more about 'UNUSUAL18thC SMALL ANTIQUE, CHILDS SPINNING WHEEL, VGC.' Description UNUSUAL18thC SMALL ANTIQUE, CHILDS SPINNING WHEEL, VGC. Search Description A FABULOUS, SMALL, ENGLISH,  18th CENTURY SPINNING WHEEL , THE ITEM MEASURES,  28" INCHES HIGH BY 12-1/2" INCHES WIDE AT THE BASE, AND IS 17-1/2" INCHES LONG AT THE FOOT PEDAL,  MADE FROM SEVERAL DIFFERENT TYPES OF WOOD, ALL TO SUITE A SPECIFIC PURPOSE,  THE SPINDLES OF THE WHEEL ARE BOX, AND ONE IS OAK, A HISTORIC REPLACEMENT, MOST OF THE FRAME IS MADE OF BIRCH, THE PEDAL AND TOP BAR ARE MADE OF YEW, THE WHEEL BOSS IS ENGLISH OAK,  EACH TYPE OF WOOD SELECTED BY THE MAKER FOR ITS UNIQUE PROPERTIES OF DURABILITY UNDER WORKING CONDITIONS AND SUITABILITY FOR MANUFACTURE, EG, WOODTURNING, THERE ARE SOME HISTORIC REPAIRS TO THE ITEM AS TO BE EXPECTED ON AN ITEM OF THIS AGE,  THIS DOES NOT DETRACT BUT ADDS TO THE AUTHENTICITY AND CHARM,  THE ITEM APPEARS TO BE COMPLETE,  AS FOUND RECENTLY IN STORAGE AT AN OLD LOCAL PROPERTY,   IT WAS ONLY DUSTY WHEN FOUND AND HAD REMAINED IN A LOFT,   FOR GENERATIONS,  ONLY FOUND WHEN THEY DECIDED TO INSULATE THE LOFT,  I HAVE GENTLY CLEANED THE ITEM AND CAREFULLY POLISHED WITH BEESWAX, READY FOR DISPLAY IN YOUR HOME,  THERE ARE A HANDFUL OF WOODWORM HOLES,   HARDLY NOTICEABLE,  ALL EXTINCT,  AND THE ITEM HAS BEEN PROFESSIONALLY TREATED BEFORE POLISHING AS A PRECAUTION,   THE WOODEN SCREW THREADED HANDLE (TOP CENTRE) IS FOR TENSIONING THE DRIVE BELT,  THE SMALL THUMBSCREW ON THE SIDE IS FOR ADJUSTING THE SPINDLE TENSION  IT RETAINS ALL THE ORIGINAL METAL WORKING PARTS, WITH A SMALL NEEDLE TYPE TOOL HANG ON THE TOP HANDLE BY STRING,   THIS GREAT ITEM CAN STILL BE USED,  IT MAY HAVE BEEN A CHILDS MACHINE,  I AM NO EXPERT ON SPINNING BUT EVERYTHING APPEARS IN PLACE,  AS I HAVE SAID, THERE ARE HISTORIC REPAIRS,  BUT NO RECENT ONES,  THE ITEM HAD NEVER BEEN TOUCHED FOR WELL OVER A HUNDRED YEARS, THE PATINA AND COLOUR ARE, AS TO BE EXPECTED, (SUPER)  A GREAT ITEM FOR DISPLAY IN YOUR HOME,  AND UNIQUE,  I HAVE NEVER SEEN ONE LIKE THIS BEFORE, (PLEASE STUDY ALL OF MY PHOTOS)    ITS REALLY A MUSEUM PIECE,  THE MAKER IS UNKNOWN TO ME,   POSSIBLY SOME RESEARCH WOULD FIND HIM,  IN THE 1740s THE FIRST INDUSTRIAL USE, SPINNING MACHINE IN THE WORLD WAS INVENTED ONLY A FEW MILES FROM WHERE THIS MACHINE WAS FOUND, INVENTED BY SAMUEL CROMPTON, OF BOLTON, AT THE TIME THIS ITEM WAS STORED AWAY, PEOPLE AROUND HERE, (EVEN CHILDREN)   WERE GIVING UP SPINNING AT HOME,   AND RUSHING TO THE NEWLY BUILT FACTORIES,  TO WORK FOR THE SOON TO BE COTTON GIANTS,  CROMPTON NEVER PATENTED HIS NEW INVENTION (THE SPINNING JENNY)   AND STRUGGLED THROUGH HIS LIFE IN POVERTY CONSTANTLY MAKING NEW INVENTIONS,  HE WAS EVENTUALLY IN OLD AGE GIVEN A SMALL PENSION BY THE MILL OWNERS, IN RECOGNITION OF HIS HARD WORK AND THE MILLIONS HE HAD HELPED THEM TO MAKE,  ALL THE COTTON CAME FROM THE USA,   THATS JUST A LITTLE BIT OF THE HISTORY OF WHERE THIS MACHINE COMES FROM,  THE ITEM IS A HISTORIC ARTIFACT,    BUT CAN BE YOURS,  SELLING WITH (NO) RESERVE,  THE ITEM WEIGHS 2.5KG,UNPACKED,   I WILL POST TO ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD,     IT WILL BE VERY WELL PACKED,   (SEE MY FEEDBACK COMMENTS)    DON,T MISS THIS ITEM,  THERE ARE NO MORE LIKE IT, AND ITS A MIRACLE IT SURVIVED AT ALL,   THANKS FOR VISITING,  STEVE. Place a Bid!