American & Southern | December 5, 2024
Thu, Dec 5, 2024 10:00AM EST
Lot 1176
Group of Wheelwright Tools
Estimate: $50 - $150
Bid Increments
| Price | Bid Increment |
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| $0 | $25 |
| $100 | $50 |
| $1,000 | $100 |
| $2,000 | $200 |
| $3,000 | $250 |
| $5,000 | $500 |
| $10,000 | $1,000 |
| $20,000 | $2,000 |
| $50,000 | $5,000 |
| $100,000 | $10,000 |
White County, Georgia, late 1800s, wheelwright’s “traveler,” hand-forged iron, 11 x 6 in. overall.
Note: In the catalog description from Shaping Traditions: Folk Arts in a Changing South, John Burrison, University of Georgia Press, 2000, pg. 139, cat. no. 439, Burrison writes “This tool measured the circumference of an iron wagon wheel tire. The ring (recycled from an old horseshoe) was rotated around the edge of the wheel rim, and the number of revolutions…was reproduced on the flat tire stock.”;
Gilmer County, Georgia, wheelwright’s “traveler” or wheel-race, hand-carved wood, 13-1/4 x 6-1/4 in. overall; Blairsville, Union County, Georgia, wheelwright’s hub reamer, hand-forged iron, 12 x 3 in. overall; Union County, Georgia felloe frame saw, iron and wood, 22 x 21 in. overall
Exhibited: Previously on Loan at the Atlanta History Center for viewing in the exhibition Shaping Traditions: Folk Arts in the Changing South from 1996 to 2024
Provenance: From the Folklife Collection of Southern Pottery Scholar, Author and Professor of English at Georgia State University, Dr. John Burrison, Atlanta, Georgia
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From the Folklife Collection of Southern Pottery Scholar, Author and Professor of English at Georgia State University, Dr. John Burrison, Atlanta, Georgia
pitting to iron, cracks and splits to wood, condition consistent with age and use
