Gridded Wooden Spool Holder from Old Mill wooden vessel perhaps to rub occasionally for

perhaps to rub occasionally for good luck

The deep gray ground itself is a gorgeous thing

Kathryn Turner

this is an early 20th-century British watercolor of Wall Pennywort

Gridded Wooden Spool Holder from Old Mill wooden vessel perhaps to rub occasionally forFrom what I understand, this came from an old New England mill, and I'd guess would have been mounted on the wall, holding large spools of thread. And indeed, at the bases of most of the wooden dowels some threads remain, mostly wool from what I can tell. I just think it's a great object, and could be put to all sorts of creative and pragmatic uses. The board itself shows old white paint on front and back, while the dowels are unpainted. There are