Title: 19th Century hand carved wood object / Pulley
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Item ID: 1063
19th Century hand carved wood object We think this could be a wooden pulley of some kind. Interesting and unusual pulley showing extensive use with handmade string used for suspending the pulley from the roof frame. Some Old age wear, within the body of the pulley which is 100% stable and been there for decades together with minor chips off the sides.
Link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_wood_carving
Object-woodwork seems to have been universal.
To carve a object in wood may be not only more difficult but also less satisfactory than sculpting with marble, owing to the tendency of wood to crack, to be damaged by insects, or to suffer from changes in the atmosphere. The texture of the material, too, often proves challenging to the expression of features, especially in the classic type of youthful face. On the other hand, magnificent examples exist of the more rugged features of age: the beetling brows, the furrows and lines neutralizing the defects of the grain of the wood. In ancient work the surface may not have been of such consequence, for figures as a rule being painted for protection and especially color.
