Unusual Old Hand-carved Folk Art Mechanical Spinning Wheel, Working Smoothly wood scoop Very happily

Very happily

though I'm not sure its place of origin

and would make a fabulous gift to anyone serious (or just enthusiastic

Sweden in the province of Dalarna--established in 1928 and known as the "premiere Dala workshop" in Sweden

10 3/4" x 7 3/4" and in good antique condition

Unusual Old Hand-carved Folk Art Mechanical Spinning Wheel, Working Smoothly wood scoop Very happilyThere are moments like when I am driving through a snowstorm to get to an antique show when I consider the absurdity of the lengths the hunt for things takes us. As a dealer of small things, flying to shows out of town, as with the Nashville shows, means packing one suitcase inside another, to fill the larger (and much of the smaller too) with things found. But then there are the things that won't quite fit, usually a good handful of them, so they're