The amazing bent wood tiller handle is one of those artifacts from a past age of carriage making working its way into the modern mechanical world. This is from the teens. If you are into antique furniture at all this tiller handle will remind you of a Thonet chair. One chair that has the bent wood top, the No. 14 chair, alone sold 40 million copies between 1859 and 1939...so it was certainly around to give a designer an idea for the tiller!
example 1(and probably the only one I'll ever see...)
(and probably the only one I'll ever see...)