Amazing Quintuple Pliers Old Carved Wooden Whimsy vintage sewing " more than twice as

" more than twice as long as the others and which she attributes to Cecil Frances Alexander at the end

a sort of clownish servant

5 1/4" x 4" on a very thin laid paper with a watermark

My photos don't do justice to this charming drawing

Amazing Quintuple Pliers Old Carved Wooden Whimsy vintage sewing " more than twice asI can't begin to wrap my head around how this whimsy was conceived of, let alone carved, but I think it is one of the most amazing whimsies I've ever seen! Photos describe it better than I can, but the basic gist is that it opens up to reveal five working pliers of progressively smaller size, and I have to think the whole thing was carved from one piece of wood. Amazing details down to ribbed grips on the interiors of each set. And lots of