A Child with a Teetotum by Jean-Baptiste Simeon Chardin, circa 1736. Public Domain
A teetotum, also called a spinner, was like a spinning top used instead of dice in early games. It's the thing that looks like a marshmallow on a toothpick in the above image.
Join me at Heroes, Heroines, and History as I blog about some interesting facts about this precursor of today's board game spinner.
