Antique Cloth Measuring Tape in Lovely Tin Litho Case with Winder antique charcoal drawing with a small bump on

with a small bump on the top edge near the center and some dark marks on the reverse

I love a resonant merger of medium and message

and clearly Genleve was an empathetic soul--feeling the loneliness of a lone poinsetta

and a note about the drawing: "watermarked / Meeteer

no tears at all

Antique Cloth Measuring Tape in Lovely Tin Litho Case with Winder antique charcoal drawing with a small bump onJust lovely. Early 20th c. I believe, a cloth measure housed inside tin litho case, with metal pull at the end of the measuring tape and smoothly turning arm that winds it tightly back inside. I don't come across these very often, especially not as graphically excellent as this one, which feels like a cousin of a Schoenhut circus drum! 1 15 16" d x 1 1 4". I pulled it out a little further than 40 inches and it seems it likely goes a to 48 or so. Some