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Some old turnings

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I saw these in a funky small town museums southeast of Seattle. Photos taken through the showcase glass with cell phone.

What impressed me was the fine detail and quality of turning with the warm patina. They don't appear to be woods native to this area, too fine grained. The descriptions mentioned they were done locally around 1880. Treadle lathe maybe?

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This picture shows dried flower vases, upper left corner. Hollow, with the removable top section. At first I thought the dark ringed parts were separate pieces glued together, nope, you could see from the topless one they were one piece though.

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This shot shows the lid of what looks like a small box.


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This one shows an egg cup to the left, top missing. On the right with lid is described as a magic trick. The ball looks to be glass or ceramic.

Anyway, these were interesting to me with what I consider a timeless a style that doesn't seem to be done so much any more.
 
The Egyptians turned these porphyritic stone pieces 3000 years ago.
They turned these on the weekend after they worked all week erecting pyramids. :-)

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These are cool

On the right with lid is described as a magic trick. The ball looks to be glass or ceramic.

Angelo Iafrate turns a magic trick similar to that one.
His had nested lids.
Pull both lids off together and a ball is in the box. Take the ball and hide it in a pocket.
Close the box and tap it with a with a magic wand
Pull the top lid off and the top of the second lid looks like a ball giving the illusion that the ball has gotten back in the box
Put the top back on tap it with a magic wand Remove both lids to show an empty box then show the ball has jumped back into your pocket.
 
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