Nice Early Pair of Machinist Made Ladies Legs Calipers risque all those tiny nails running

all those tiny nails running up the length of the front

Sold as a set of 12

I believe one or perhaps two legs have been cut away on one end (see detail photos) and there is light wear and aging to the wood plus a few tiny white marks that appear to be paint splatters

useful as paper weights or just sitting around

If one could snuggle with a wooden toy

Nice Early Pair of Machinist Made Ladies Legs Calipers risque all those tiny nails runningIt'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