rivett608
Diamond
- Joined
- Oct 25, 2002
- Location
- Kansas City, Mo.
As most of you know I have a weakness for tools that are old, pretty and especially of a unusual design. I just picked up off French ebay a pair of dividers that is different from anything I have seen in collections, museums or books. I am assuming they are from a drafting set, look early 18th c. to me and might be German, they have a much heavier feel than many of the English and French examples I have. They are 7 1/2" long, brass with steel tips. It is the square blocks that strike me as unusual. Any ideas or have you seen anything this shape?