Pair of Mid-Century Stanley Painted Steel Plumb Bobs whimsy carving Some aging to the cardboard

Some aging to the cardboard is visible mostly around the ages of the sheets

and no matter how you arrange them

or certainly a hook could be added to hang him on the wall

Very well constructed

Pair of Mid-Century Stanley Painted Steel Plumb Bobs whimsy carving Some aging to the cardboardI've got a bit of a thing for plumb bobs beautiful forms, which also always feel good in the hand, and there is something so elemental and true feeling about the act of finding a plumb. These two were made by Stanley c. 1960s or so; the red is No. 170, 5 oz; the yellow No. 171, 8 oz. I love the ribs on them, and the way the paint has hung on just along them, with what looks like some yellow paint to the larger as what I imagine was a happy accident.