Some things stand alone for their incredible atheistic. I am often amazed in pieces like this where sculptural quality is added just as an enhancement and to display quality. The make could have much more easily just done straight spokes but chose to show their talents by the graceful use of curved spokes. Possessing legitimate wear, weathering, age and patina this unique piece surely has a role in American history. Now I know you are motivated to shop similar metal works at Restoration Hardware at half the size and twice the price and where their pieces were mass produced overseas a couple of months ago. Fear not, the real McCoy awaits. History Time! This item is a flywheel off an old hand cranked corn sheller. Prior to self powered machines the farmer would hand chop each ear of corn off the stalk, dry it in a corn crib, husk it then put the ear in the corn shell that would remove the kernels of the cob. Voila.

26" diameter 1 1/4" thick 35 lbs .