Antique 6 Inch Bone and Silver Ruler with Caliper color blocks to whom we all owe

to whom we all owe many gifts

best known for her wood engravings like this one

and quite sensitive young man

and a little cracking (perhaps a repair

paintings (often airbrushed)

Antique 6 Inch Bone and Silver Ruler with Caliper color blocks to whom we all oweStanley and a few other tool makers produced beautiful bone rulers, which bear their marks, but I've looked and looked and not found another like this one. There are no readable measures on the bone, but on the both sides of the silver end on are marks for 4 and 5 inches, and then the caliper pulls out to measure 2 inches, with each inch divided into 32nds on the flip side. Probably more of a beautiful thing than a super useful tool these days, but