Salesman Sample Mechanical Armature with Large Brass Ratcheting Gears (Partial) tiny wooden shelf or whoever accepted it in

or whoever accepted it in lieu of 5 cents

And with its pretty gold-toned wheat design in relief

I'm not sure the age on these but they're definitely pretty old

a good little object I think

including a great head of hair and a few lovingly darned patches to one sleeve and just to the right of his buttoned front

Salesman Sample Mechanical Armature with Large Brass Ratcheting Gears (Partial) tiny wooden shelf or whoever accepted it inI'm guessing this was a salesman sample for an industrial strength clothes ringer dryer or something along those lines, as I've seem a few with a similar sort of standing armature holding a rotating dowel at center, most of those with a crank arm on the side. Here, though, are these quite large sawtooth brass gears, which operate via ratcheting, and make the most completely satisfying sound as they do. As the gears turn so does that center dowel,