Nice Early Pair of Machinist Made Ladies Legs Calipers antique box Under heavy glass and what

Under heavy glass and what now functions as a deep frame

And a whole pig head on one of the shelves below--with what I presume are intestines just to its left

I have not much to say

There are a few illustrations including two figures--only possible obviously if one found another

Nice Early Pair of Machinist Made Ladies Legs Calipers antique box Under heavy glass and whatIt's been a while since I've had a pair of folk art ladies legs calipers, typically made by metalworkers machinists for practical use, but I've been thinking about them lately as really quite marvelous things, embodying the infusion of delight (and a bit of eroticism) into daily labor. I came across this pair near Lake George in Upstate NY purchased from the sort of dealer who pulls things out of old houses that maybe haven't seen the light of day