Handmade Wooden Nautical Dial (for Teaching Sailing?) Zanesville planter I think the shape is

I think the shape is just perfect

This is a fantastical landscape that one can get lost in

but it's in very good shape

The vase features a celadon body decorated with a blue tree that branches beautifully around its perimeter and is punctuated with white moriage blossoms

Handmade Wooden Nautical Dial (for Teaching Sailing?) Zanesville planter I think the shape isI'm not a sailor, but I think this interesting old handmade dial would be instructive if a novice like me were to try to put it to use. The black "boat" at the center is annotated with Port and Starboard (missing the first few letters), Forward and Aft, and then depending on which direction one points to boat, there are notes on the middle disk relative to positions of bow and beam. At least this is what I think is going on here! Mostly, I just think