拍品專文
The inscription on the first pen knive reads 'Recuerdo' or 'gift'.
細節
A novelty tape measure
in the form of a red leather book; three tape measure holders including an ebony and ivory barrel and an ivory spinning top with hot needle decoration; several pincushions; and two pen knives; one a shoe, the other in bone in the form of an arm with clenched fist, mid-late nineteenth century (9)
in the form of a red leather book; three tape measure holders including an ebony and ivory barrel and an ivory spinning top with hot needle decoration; several pincushions; and two pen knives; one a shoe, the other in bone in the form of an arm with clenched fist, mid-late nineteenth century (9)