Nice Early Pair of Machinist Made Ladies Legs Calipers antique box The figures tilt a bit

The figures tilt a bit forward or back

satisfying to my eye like building blocks and color charts

This clown seems to be a pure embodiment of happiness

3 9/16" x 3 1/8" x 7/8" t

upon whose knee the dog’s paw so gently rests

Nice Early Pair of Machinist Made Ladies Legs Calipers antique box The figures tilt a bitIt's been a while since I've had a pair of folk art ladies legs calipers, typically made by metalworkers machinists for practical use, but I've been thinking about them lately as really quite marvelous things, embodying the infusion of delight (and a bit of eroticism) into daily labor. I came across this pair near Lake George in Upstate NY purchased from the sort of dealer who pulls things out of old houses that maybe haven't seen the light of day