Double Monogrammed Antique Calipers lying lion "Dear Gert

"Dear Gert

Really a wonderfully expressive guy

Claes Oldenburg

This lovely old one

I've seen these old carved and painted antique Swedish spoons referred to as "love spoons" or "love tokens

Double Monogrammed Antique Calipers lying lion "Dear GertI've actually started using calipers to measure round and roundish things, and surely someone else could use as pair as well. I like these, probably made by a machinist late 19th c early 20th c or so, especially for the fact that they are monogrammed with three initials on one side (FVZ, which suggests an interesting name1) and four on the other the latter perhaps the abbreviation for a business, or perhaps a High School (HS)? Substantial in size and