Nice Early Pair of Machinist Made Ladies Legs Calipers risque Box measures 9 1/2" x

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

all those tiny nails running up the length of the front

each time I find a beautiful old box of them I fall in love all over again

and I love the visual rhyme of their crossed legs

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

Nice Early Pair of Machinist Made Ladies Legs Calipers risque Box measures 9 1/2" xIt'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