Great Old Handmade 24 Inch Double Sided Ruler with Brass Ends carved folk art man and smudging to the graphite

and smudging to the graphite here and there

And the black of his gown against the baby blue is pretty great too

like a functional three-dimensional line drawing

I have not found another quite like it but think it is likely Victorian era/early 20th c

Just great color and lettering on this c

Great Old Handmade 24 Inch Double Sided Ruler with Brass Ends carved folk art man and smudging to the graphiteIm always on the hunt for old handmade measuring sticks of various sorts, and happily have been turning some up lately. This is a 24 inch ruler, marked on both sides, with the measurements running in opposite directions. Hand pressed numbers, brass wrapped ends, and nicely gridded double lines at top and bottom of each side marking half and quarter inches. Plus a hole for hanging. Lovely. 24 x 1 3 8 x 3 16 and in very good condition with a great