H.C. Evans Gambling Wheel. Total height is 35 1/2″ tall with a 20 1/4″ diameter wood wheel, painted red on the rear face, black on the edge and gold on the front boarder, with the front outfitted with a glass covered, nickeled metal reinforced scene of racehorses on a track, identical save for the red and green striped jockey clothing , numbers near the center in sparkled fields, and makers mark around the sun shaped axle. 24 pegs are secured to the outside, and eight horses are shown. A geard shaft arrangement connects the wheel to the oval box on top, which can rotate to display a number between 2 and 8. Condition is good. With light flaking and handling marks. Horses are touched up.
PERIOD: Early 20th Century
ORIGIN: Illinois, United States
SIZE: 21″D wheel, 36″H