1873 Ladies Legs 4 Inch Folk Art Calipers 1904 postcard Solid wood with litho printing

Solid wood with litho printing I believe

and a perfect English-American hybrid

(I've documented the heck out of this one as I think it's so extraordinary

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from a seller who found them together

1873 Ladies Legs 4 Inch Folk Art Calipers 1904 postcard Solid wood with litho printingI had these listed as part of a set of four 19th century ladies legs calipers I purchased together, but perhaps no one needs a collection of four, so I've decided to list them individually. Made of steel, likely by a metalworker or machinist for their own use, these are the largest, 4 inches, and the one set stamped by their maker with the year of their making, 1873. I particularly like them opened all the way out and around again so that the knees