The flapper is missing, but the wheel spins. I found it in an antique store and the owner thought it might be from some game. It is metal, rather heavy, yet 8 inches in diameter and 6 ½ inches high.

She was participating in Saturday’s tribute to Anna Harrington’s Spinning Wheel Protest held on Aug. 31, 1769. Back then, 45 ...

So I lugged the antique spinning wheel downstairs and placed it in the center of the living room. This is a common practice in the world of home organization and downsizing, by the way.

A wide variety of antique spinning wheels are available to the collector. One familiar type is called the "great wheel" or "walking wheel," and it typically stands about 5 feet tall and was used ...

Family history permeates Mary Ann Moore's spinning wheel, but the wheel is no antique. A craftsman built it for her in 2005 as the final step in a story that reaches back nearly 40 years.

She also has an antique spinning wheel, a French Canadian tilt production wheel that belonged to her mother, though her mother used it only for decorative purposes before allowing her to take it.

Mark Brister, left, and Warren Perrin look on as Elaine Bourque examines the parts of an antique spinning wheel donated by Brister Thursday, May 19, 2022, at The Acadian Museum in Erath, La.

UNION — The Vose Library will host Jan Cunningham, of Camden, and Brenda Page, of Union, for a talk about Maine’s antique spinning wheels at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, April 24, at 392 Common Road.