Pair of Mid-Century Stanley Painted Steel Plumb Bobs whimsy carving with glazes --one a painterly

with glazes --one a painterly brown and dark indigo

Crisp white linen with red thread stitching

and selling

There is one split in the wood of the base

now with a little gap between

Pair of Mid-Century Stanley Painted Steel Plumb Bobs whimsy carving with glazes --one a painterlyI've got a bit of a thing for plumb bobs beautiful forms, which also always feel good in the hand, and there is something so elemental and true feeling about the act of finding a plumb. These two were made by Stanley c. 1960s or so; the red is No. 170, 5 oz; the yellow No. 171, 8 oz. I love the ribs on them, and the way the paint has hung on just along them, with what looks like some yellow paint to the larger as what I imagine was a happy accident.