Beautiful Antique Boxwood and Brass Folding 12 Inch Ruler gift for office assistant but I would rather hate

but I would rather hate to see it trapped behind glass and would myself be inclined to hang it directly on the wall via pins in the corners

The striking contrast between the wood of the matchsticks and their charcoal tips

It's a penguin

I know from someone more expert that me that the watermark on the top left of the lined paper on which it is drawn dates it to the 1860s or so

resulting in a really gorgeous surface

Beautiful Antique Boxwood and Brass Folding 12 Inch Ruler gift for office assistant but I would rather hateI just found this and two other old folding rulers and am completely in love with them; I keep carrying them around as they are just a complete delight to hold in the hand, and how much better to measure little things with one of these than with a clunky measuring tape! I am not entirely certain the maker of this one I have found a "No. 57" (which is how this one is marked)) attributed to E. A. Stearns Co., but also one attributed to Stanley, and I