A Late 19thC Ivory Folding Rule sub-Antiques obviously the fair hand of

obviously the fair hand of the shopkeeper whose sign this was

signaling that it would have once bore a diluted form of castor oil obtained from the seeds of the plant RICINUS COMMUNIS

located on Moor St

and mostly made from tan velvet

A Late 19thC Ivory Folding Rule sub-Antiques obviously the fair hand ofOrigin: English Period: Late Nineteenth Century Provenance: Unknown Date: c. 1890 Compact Length: 3 inches Extended Length: 12 inches Width: 0. 3 inches An attractive and wonderfully tactile 12 inch folding rule with white metal pin, hinges and mounts, the numerals and imperial graduation marks incised in black on one side, the other side left blank. There is an indistinct maker's name perhaps 'J. Barrie? & sons. Maker's' on one side. Arguably worth