Yarn Winder Niddy Noddy Whimsey in a Bottle blue enamel canisters I'd guess well over a

I'd guess well over a hundred years

certainly bears a strong resemblance to West German pieces of the fat lava era

I find there is an appealing serenity to the painting

rich brown

with just one very tiny nick in the  the wood on the highest-relief tip of the anchor on the right side

Yarn Winder Niddy Noddy Whimsey in a Bottle blue enamel canisters I'd guess well over aSince finding one of these amazing old "yarn winder" whimsies in a bottle at Brimfield last summer, I've been on the lookout, and this is only the second one I've come across. (I quickly discovered they are quite the coveted objects.) And this is quite a nice one I think. The hand carved stopper turns the winder inside, but is forever kept from pulling out by a carved wooden arm that extends across just below the neck of the bottle. The four arm