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Wheel, Spinning - PWF2003.003
WoodOak). Large spinning wheel mounted on plank base with three turned, splayed legs. Drive wheel includes ten turned spindles and spins on a horizontal dowel protruding from angled post set into base. Includes a turned wood head post holding the spindle. These larger wool spinning wheels were operated while standing up.

Record Type: Object
Wheel, Tow - PWF1976.109
Wood. Tow wheel includes a rectangular plank base with four splayed and chamfered legs. A foot operated treadle is located under the base and is connected to an iron crank from the wood wheel. Wheel includes a wood bobbin and wrought-iron flyer to wind tow. Type of wood unknown, possibly oak.

Record Type: Object
Whistle - PWF1984.018.286
Earthenware. Reproduction Pennsylvania folk art redware whistle. Hand-molded bird whistle with elongated neck, pointed beak, upward turned tail, and incised eyes. Each wing is simulated by an incised line between two lines of dots. Brown glaze. Whistle is located in tail. Marked "LB 67" on base. Attributed to Lester Breininger of Berks County, Pennsylvania.

Record Type: Object
Whistle - PWF1984.018.287
Earthenware. Reproduction Pennsylvania folk art bird whistle. Perched bird on a 1-inch irregular base. Whistle holes in tail. Marked "M68" on base. Whistle fired and covered with clear glaze. Attributed to Lester Breininger of Berks County, Pennsylvania.

Record Type: Object
Whistle - PWF1984.018.288
Earthenware. Reproduction Pennsylvania redware folk art hand-molded bird whistle perched on a 1-inch irregular base. Whistle hole in tail. Dark brown glaze. Attributed to Lester Breininger of Berks County, Pennsylvania.

Record Type: Object
Winder - PWF1985.012
Wood(Oak). Textile winder includes a carved base consisting of two concave cut boards with square stretchers. The two parallel "X" winding reels have five holes for adjusting the winding dowels. Winder rotates on vertical turned post. White natural fiber wound around reels is period to the yarn winder.

Record Type: Object
Winder, Spool - PWF2005.001.002
Bone. Four cornered bone thread winder. Includes blue thread. Blue thread was on winder when acquired by the Peter Wentz Farmstead. Date of thread is unknown.

Record Type: Object
Windowpane - PWF2018.07.81
Glass. Fragment. Flat piece of window glass pane. Pane fragment is arc-shaped and is approximately 50 percent complete. Includes remains of modern, 20th-century clear silicone caulk along edge. Glass believed to be late 18th century, possibly later, and was sealed with modern silicone caulk during a repair.

Record Type: Object
Yarn - PWF2001.002.005
Yarn. Ball of unbleached spun linen thread. Produced by the Schultz family who owned the Peter Wentz property from 1794 to 1969.

Record Type: Object
Yo-Yo - PWF1997.038
Wood(Pine). Hand-whittled child's yo-yo consisting of two halves of a wood disk fastened at the center with a 1/4 inch diameter dowel pin. Edges of two halves are beveled on the top surface. Remnants of modern cotton string are wound around center pin. Date of child's yo-yo is unknown, but crude construction suggests 18th century to early 19th century.

Record Type: Object
sherd - PWF2001.01.23
Earthenware(Whiteware). English transfer-print sherd of small dish. Green transfer-print pattern of floral and border pyramidal triangle links. Reverse side includes raised lip of small dish.

Record Type: Object