Roman Style Handmade Glass Distaff order Blue Ice and Caramel

This is a hand formed glass roman style distaff. It has a caramel staff with blue and dichroic colored ring and top.

Made of borosilicate Glass by Michael Ernst. It is kiln annealed for extra strength.
The distaff is 11 1/2” in length.
Last image is of a distaff in use.

A distaff is a tool used in spinning. It is designed order to hold the unspun fibers, keeping them untangled and thus easing the spinning process. It is most commonly used to hold flax, and sometimes wool, but can be used for any type of fiber. Fiber is wrapped around the distaff and pulled through the sliding ring to facilitate the spinning on to a drop spindle or spinning wheel.