Beautiful Old Handmade Spinning Chalk Line WInder with Blue and Pink String French wooden blocks represent an individual maker's solution

represent an individual maker's solution to the problem/s at hand

used in tea ceremony

as if done by an artist whose work I have seen somewhere but can't place

and attached to the rear of the boat by wire

This is a wonderfully nuanced vintage Zanesville Stoneware Company (Ohio) ribbed round planter

Beautiful Old Handmade Spinning Chalk Line WInder with Blue and Pink String French wooden blocks represent an individual maker's solutionI've got a special weakness for chalk line winders, and this is a really beautiful one, not least for the very old string on it, which changes from blue to pink as one unwinds. Along the way, it has been knotted to itself several times either to lengthen the line or, I think more likely, to mend it. The spool piece spins on the handle for easy winding and unwinding, and the handle is smooth and worn from handling. Love. 10 1 2 x 3 1 2 x 1 and in very