Antique Cloth Measuring Tape in Lovely Tin Litho Case with Winder braided mat on the more worn backside

on the more worn backside

I especially love their very long arms and tiny faces

and pretty much completely perfect from the front

2 1/4" in diameter x 1 18" tall

Antique Cloth Measuring Tape in Lovely Tin Litho Case with Winder braided mat on the more worn backsideJust lovely. Early 20th c. I believe, a cloth measure housed inside tin litho case, with metal pull at the end of the measuring tape and smoothly turning arm that winds it tightly back inside. I don't come across these very often, especially not as graphically excellent as this one, which feels like a cousin of a Schoenhut circus drum! 1 15 16" d x 1 1 4". I pulled it out a little further than 40 inches and it seems it likely goes a to 48 or so. Some