Sold for:
$89
$89
Nine Brass and Steel Poising Tools or Calipers, Germany, America and France, 19th/20th centuries, five calipers mostly of brass, of similar form; and four boxed tools, two of those with thumbscrew-adjusted feet and decorative finishes, another smaller example with four tapered legs, and the last with a plastic handle and damascened finish, lg. of calipers 2 1/2-3 1/4, boxed poising tools lg. 2-6 in. Note: Many of these tools are pictured in Crom #2, p. 367, figure 754A.
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2010-05-01
