Brass and Boxwood Folding 12 Inch Ruler with Caliper silverplate Napier cup with animals a thin albumen print mounted

a thin albumen print mounted onto a cardboard backing

This American antique buttocks basket

heart-shaped stitched on nose and mouth are sewn on with the same loop-type stitching as used to hold the cat together

There is one tiny brown spot on the paper near the body of the mouse and a visible "frame" on the paper where it lightened with age except where it was previously covered by a mat around the edges

most famously in 1980

Brass and Boxwood Folding 12 Inch Ruler with Caliper silverplate Napier cup with animals a thin albumen print mountedI just found this and two other old folding rulers and am completely in love with them; I keep carrying them around as they are just a complete delight to hold in the hand, and how much better to measure little things with one of these than with a clunky measuring tape! I am pretty certain this one was made by Stanley and, though unmarked, I believe it is model "No. 32", and am certain it is the youngest of the bunch, 1920s 30s I think. The numbers