What is it?

Mar 06, 2019 Last reply: 7 years ago 3 Replies

What is it? Wooden base weighs 13 oz., with brass attachment,



17 tooth gear at one end and ivory ship's wheel missing some parts at other end. Antique?

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No matter what it was part of, you won't find anybody who will give you lots of money for it.

Parts of different things that someone has randomly stuck together. The ship's wheel, shaft, support bracket and chain sprocket is clearly off a model boat, while the wooden part originally supported one end of something long and curved - ceremonial mace, yard of ale?

I thought it might be part or an orrery planetarium, something like one of these:

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