Folding rule
Keep Bros.
Category
Wooden objects
Date
Unknown
Materials
Boxwood [buxus sempervirens], Brass
Measurements
315 mm (Length); 40 mm (W)
Place of origin
England
Order this imageCollection
Snowshill Manor and Garden, Gloucestershire
NT 1338217
Summary
Boxwood rule. Two foot single folding rule with brass hinge. One leg incorporates inset brass sliding scale. Made by Keep Brothers, English, from the first half of the 19th century. CPW Item number 609. Belonged to A.E.L. Bulwer. Inscription - Keep Brothers/A.B. Gray/Warranted/Best Box.
Provenance
CPW Item number 609. Belonged to A.E.L. Bulwer. Given to the National Trust with Snowshill Manor in 1951 by Charles Paget Wade.
Marks and inscriptions
A.B.GRAY
Makers and roles
Keep Bros.