Folding rule
Category
Wooden objects
Date
Unknown
Materials
Boxwood [buxus sempervirens], Brass
Measurements
317 mm (Length); 38 mm (W)
Place of origin
England
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Snowshill Manor and Garden, Gloucestershire
NT 1338218
Summary
Boxwood rule. Two foot single folding rule with brass hinge. One leg incorporates inset brass sliding scale. No maker's mark but indentical to SNO.SK.50. English, from the first half of the 19th century. Inscribed AELB. CPW Item number 610. Belonged to A.E.L. Bulwer.
Provenance
CPW Item number 610. Belonged to A.E.L. Bulwer. Given to the National Trust with Snowshill Manor in 1951 by Charles Paget Wade.
Marks and inscriptions
AELB