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Tape Measure

1867

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Tape Measure

1867

Physical Qualities Metal, cloth, 1 3/16 x 1 1/16 x 5/8 in. (3 x 2.7 x 1.6 cm)
Credit Line Gift of Gloria B. and Herbert M. Katzenberg, Baltimore
Object Number 2013.131
Small round silver colored metal tape measure with engraved decoration. Cloth tape is blue, appears to be marked in inches, and is wound in with a handle attached to the side.
The Baltimore Museum of Art by gift, 2013; Gloria Katzenberg, Baltimore, by purchase, 1971; London

Inscribed: Engraved around top of case: "MADE ABROAD"/ "GESETZLICH GESCHUTZT"

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