A spindle whorl doesn’t look like much. It’s a small cone, disk, or sphere made of a hard material such as stone, clay, or wood, with a hole through the center. Museums often own thousands but display ...

The total value of an artist’s artworks sold at auction over a specific period. This metric reflects the artist’s overall market activity and demand in monetary terms. The middle value of all realized ...

"Old woman sitting at her spinning wheel with a white cap on her head and a white apron, dull green shawl with red checks around her shoulders, rust red under dress, white yarn on the wheel, gray ...

In I Know an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly, illus. by Stephen Gulbis, the die-cut hole on the expanding wheel that rests on top of the old lady's stomach invites youngsters to give its contents a whirl ...