Nice Early Pair of Machinist Made Ladies Legs Calipers risque Sold as a set of

Sold as a set of 12

Box measures 9 1/2" x 4 3/8" x 7/8"

not far from Portsmouth

but I believe these were also made with hair of the living

which have bans on all forms of ivory

Nice Early Pair of Machinist Made Ladies Legs Calipers risque Sold as a set ofIt'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