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Tape Measure

1859

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Tape Measure

1859

Physical Qualities Copper, brass, cotton, 2 1/8 x 1 5/8 x 1 1/4 in. (5.4 x 4.1 x 3.2 cm)
Credit Line Gift of Gloria B. and Herbert M. Katzenberg, Baltimore
Object Number 2013.135
Tape measure in the shape of a small windmill. Windmill handle used to wind in the tape measure, which is cloth with a metal end. The metal may be copper; the cloth, silk.
The Baltimore Museum of Art by gift, 2013; Gloria Katzenberg, Baltimore, by purchase, 1971; London

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