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* Round Wooden Toy or Salesman's Sample Columbia Washer

Currency:USD Category:Collectibles Start Price:250.00 USD
* Round Wooden Toy or Salesman's Sample Columbia Washer
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There are several versions of the Columbia washer; this is the model with the round barrel design tub.

It is a realistic and detailed mechanical washer, perhaps used as a display in shops or it may have been carried around as a sample by a salesman. It has a great mechanical action, with a horizontal and a vertical geared wheel on top operated by a lever that turns a four-prong agitator inside the corrugated tub.

The back-and-forth action of the gearing turns the agitator first clockwise, then counter-clockwise. The tub has a diameter of about 10 1/4 inches and the washer stands just 11 1/2 inches from the bottom of the legs to the top of the barrel, not including the geared wheel. It is a really neat piece and very well made!