Beautiful Antique Folding Bold Ruler, Six Inches Vaclav Vytacil 1977 there is no sign of

there is no sign of a sticker on his base

The Band of Hope referred to here is a temperance organization for working-class children founded in Leeds in 1847

plus adding a poem to the backside of the page to boot

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and found it such a lovely and surprising thing

Beautiful Antique Folding Bold Ruler, Six Inches Vaclav Vytacil 1977 there is no sign ofI found what appears to be an exact match of this lovely little bone and brass folding ruler that dates it to 1820 or so; I don't know for certain, but definitely 19th century, and most definitely a really wonderful little object. The numbering on the inches is pretty faint at this point but can still be read, as can the lines dividing each inch into eighths. A fantastic gift for an architect or anyone who frequently takes the measure of things,