Antique Wood and Brass Travelers Wheel in Original Green Paint antique powder box 54 inches long total

54 inches long total

I'd guess fairly early 20th century

There is one nick in the wood of the frame at the center of the left edge

Signed (incised) Marlis on the underside

Antique Wood and Brass Travelers Wheel in Original Green Paint antique powder box 54 inches long totalClearly I love an old handmade tool, made by a specific person for a specific purpose, and this a very satisfying one a travelers wheel constructed of carved wood, in its original dark green paint, with a heavy hand wrought brass wheel. Travelers were made and used by blacksmiths and barrel makers and wheelwrights to measure circumference this one travels about 8 inches with one roll around the wheel. It appears be notched on one spot, and perhaps