You guys are good at this but this might be a tough one. Some relative of a nephew of mine showed this to him and nobody could figure it out. It is OLD! Overall length is about 2 feet.
The wood peg, brass gizmo and the little piece of wood they sit on tilt down as shown in the next picture.
What is it? next picture
I'm not sure the two things go together. The bigger of the two is used (I think) in textile or net weaving or repairing. Maybe a "shuttle"? The other piece frankly looks like some one tried to make the big one into a candle holder.
At any rate, that's my story and I'm sticking to it - until some one does a better job of guessing.
Here's a pic I got when I googled "weaving shuttle":
and here's another pic that's even better:
Wow. 7 - 9 minutes for a correct answer. We spent about an hour and used up a 12 pack on Sunday afternoon at the hunting shack pondering what it was... Thanks!
Darn - I do have a lot of useless information between the ears!
Useless!?!? Now we know what it is thanks to you!
You can't put anything over on old pharts like me and Dave Ingram. I knew the pointy thing was a shuttle. Was pondering the rest when I read Dave's guess as to it being modified.
Hope things are well in Wisconsin.
Larry P
I would guess that the other piece is a spindle to hold the thread spool for the shuttle.
The Rectangular Block With The Brass Was Added.
The rectangular block is of a different wood than the shuttle. Whoever did it, did it such that the valuable antique was not ruined. That block can probably slide right off the spindle.
Paul in PA
I'm guessing not. The pic the DI posted looks complete. here is a pic of one with the cord/thread on the inner dowel part.
that "candle holder" part would hang up on the material as it was passed thru.
