Antique Cloth Measuring Tape in Lovely Tin Litho Case with Winder braided mat and pretty much completely perfect

and pretty much completely perfect from the front

To my eye this "crock study" quite transcends itself as a study (an art school exercise I might guess)

and I have to guess this wallet travelled back to the U

for me so much of the joy in doing this is discovering the existence of

Antique Cloth Measuring Tape in Lovely Tin Litho Case with Winder braided mat and pretty much completely perfectJust lovely. Early 20th c. I believe, a cloth measure housed inside tin litho case, with metal pull at the end of the measuring tape and smoothly turning arm that winds it tightly back inside. I don't come across these very often, especially not as graphically excellent as this one, which feels like a cousin of a Schoenhut circus drum! 1 15 16" d x 1 1 4". I pulled it out a little further than 40 inches and it seems it likely goes a to 48 or so. Some