Salesman Sample Mechanical Armature with Large Brass Ratcheting Gears (Partial) classical image and then the little "call

and then the little "call me up" snuck in at left

there are openings at both ends via which I imagine a body and perhaps a hat on top were attached

to the cobalt blue sea animated with white gulls and what look like lily pads everywhere

I'll be happy just to keep it for myself

Salesman Sample Mechanical Armature with Large Brass Ratcheting Gears (Partial) classical image and then the little "callI'm guessing this was a salesman sample for an industrial strength clothes ringer dryer or something along those lines, as I've seem a few with a similar sort of standing armature holding a rotating dowel at center, most of those with a crank arm on the side. Here, though, are these quite large sawtooth brass gears, which operate via ratcheting, and make the most completely satisfying sound as they do. As the gears turn so does that center dowel,