Measuring tool - String with calipers

Title

Measuring tool - String with calipers

Subject

Measure

Description

Leather case containing measuring tool with string and calipers. One arm of the calipers has two holes through which the string feeds and at the end of the string is a pointer. The pointer features "Jaques" and the calipers features "Empire patent, Jaques, Pinch here". The case has stamped along one side "Empire Measure Jaques and son, Bowl makers, London".

Source

Florence Thiffault Canada

Identifier

2013-0225

Location

Tools of the game - Thiffault collection

Physical Dimensions

2.5cm x 12cm x3cm

Materials

Leather case with chromed metal callipers and pointer. String.

Producer

Jaques

Condition

Fair

Cataloguer

Sue Page

Notes

log#201000015

Files

2013-0225sm.jpg

Collection

Tools of the Game

Citation

“Measuring tool - String with calipers,” TSB Bank Bowls New Zealand Museum, accessed May 18, 2024, https://tsbbankbowlsmuseum.omeka.net/items/show/211.