1873 Ladies Legs 4 Inch Folk Art Calipers carved face finger puppet Wear to the exterior along

Wear to the exterior along the spine but still tightly bound and stable

which appears to be made of a different

I think it's quite possible that the embroidery is older than the pouch itself--a remnant perhaps

and think this c

This was Steig’s fourth book of "symbolic drawings

1873 Ladies Legs 4 Inch Folk Art Calipers carved face finger puppet Wear to the exterior alongI had these listed as part of a set of four 19th century ladies legs calipers I purchased together, but perhaps no one needs a collection of four, so I've decided to list them individually. Made of steel, likely by a metalworker or machinist for their own use, these are the largest, 4 inches, and the one set stamped by their maker with the year of their making, 1873. I particularly like them opened all the way out and around again so that the knees