Tape Measure with Stanhope Viewer
1859
Physical Qualities
Vegetable ivory, linen, glass, brass, ivory, 1 5/8 x 1 1/4 x 3/4 in. (4.1 x 3.2 x 1.9 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Gloria B. and Herbert M. Katzenberg, Baltimore
Object Number
2013.128
Wind-in tape measure of vegetable ivory, or wood in cotton-barrel shape with piercings in diamond patterns separated by piercing in straight lines. Tape wraps around ivory or bone winder with round opening in the top. The ivory winder has a Stanhope viewer with printed picture and glass plug missing.
The Baltimore Museum of Art by gift, 2013; Gloria Katzenberg, Baltimore, by purchase, 1971; London
