Name/Title
Antique Salesman's sample of a horse-drawn agricultural machine/Seeder Wagon on Inventory listEntry/Object ID
100156Scope and Content
(AI) antique salesman's sample or highly detailed patent model of a horse-drawn agricultural machine—most likely an early mechanical seed drill, planter, or grain cradle/reaper component.
Because it's displayed inside a glass case, the reflection makes it a bit tricky to see every angle, but there are some fascinating engineering details visible here:
1. The Components
The Seed/Hopper Box: The main wooden body looks like a long rectangular hopper with a hinged top lid. In full-sized agricultural equipment of the 19th century, this box held the seeds or grain before they were funneled down into the soil.
The Spoked Metal Wheels: To the right, you can see beautifully detailed, delicate spoked iron wheels. Mechanical planters relied on the turning of the wheels to rotate an internal axle, which systematically dropped seeds at regulated intervals.
The Wooden Frame & Shafts: Extending out to the front and bottom are the wooden shafts and framing, which simulate where a horse or ox would be hitched to pull the machinery through a field.
The Curved Wooden Bow: Resting in the foreground on the white shelf is a detached crescent-shaped or u-shaped wooden bow piece. This looks incredibly similar to a segment of an old grain cradle (a framework attached to a scythe to catch and cleanly gather stalks of wheat) or an ox-yoke component. value ?
If it is the Seeder Wagon value $725.00