V 4 B 2016.008.001

Vesterheim image, Moi wheel sold through Alfred Andresen's importing business

Stamped “Alfred Andresen & Co. Minneapolis, Minn.” on the drive wheel hub. Made in a factory in Moi and sold through Alfred Andresen’s importing business between about 1898 and 1912. Horizontal table on three turned legs. Treadle is curved. Secondary half table, on four short turned posts, holds the mother of all. Parallel rods go from half table to drive wheel support posts. Drive wheel had twelve turned spokes. Turnings more delicate than earlier Moi wheels.