Nice 19th Century J. Chesterman, Sheffield (London) Brass Blacksmith's Rule, Monogrammed Both Sides sterographic or someone else to invent

or someone else to invent a new use for them entirely

) snuff box and I'd think this one lived in a parlor or club where game playing was the thing

occasionally I come across on antique meerschaum pipe that I really fall in love with

and then again

The gray painted metal tray shows some rusting and paint loss

Nice 19th Century J. Chesterman, Sheffield (London) Brass Blacksmith's Rule, Monogrammed Both Sides sterographic or someone else to inventJames Chesterman (17951867) was a metal worker in Sheffield, England who, in 1821, received a British patent for a method of using a spring to rewind measuring tapes. His company became well known for manufacturing measuring tapes and rulers, and continued on beyond his death, with the business inherited by his son, William Chesterman (18371930). This is an early piece, a brass blacksmiths rule, with rounded ends, which would be worn to hang from the