AUCTION : 0519

Lot#: 764

DESCRIPTION: H. Snowden, United States, cast iron treadle-powered buffer standing on three legs, a single foot pedal on one side turning a 14 inch combination flywheel and pulley for a belt to drive a two-ended spindle at the top of the adjustable column.
CONDITION: repainted in dark red and green with gold lettering, break to both supports on one side of flywheel, wood table below spindle is absent, flywheel spins and treadle operates, belt absent, one side of flywheel reading "H. Snowden / 1859" and the other reading "United States".
ESTIMATE: $400 - $600
PRICE SOLD: $425
CIRCA: 1860
DIMENSIONS: 44in x 17in x 17in

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