A Large Early 20thC WF Stanley Telescopic Oak & Brass Surveyors Measuring Rod sub-Curios drawn perfectly upon a truffle

drawn perfectly upon a truffle coloured ground

later leather swing handle and iron studwork to base and rim

with 95% of the inlay still in tact

Northwestern was founded when Emersen Bolen invented the match vending machine in 1909

his eye fell on his ring

A Large Early 20thC WF Stanley Telescopic Oak & Brass Surveyors Measuring Rod sub-Curios drawn perfectly upon a truffleOrigin: English Period: Early Twentieth Century Provenance: Unknown Date: c. 1910 25 Length: 14 feet extended 6. 25 feet unextended Width: 3 inches Depth: 2 inches The oak and brass three tier telescopic measuring device with paper graphic ladder scale, by WF Stanley extends to fourteen feet and survives from the first quarter of the twentieth century. The condition is fair to good with the applied paper is dirty but largely in tact and free from