Satisfying Old Brass Pin Drill Gauge handwoven basket This and the rest from

This and the rest from what I understand came from a  sketchbook of drawings Malta did in the 1930s or so

Some irregularities to the glaze application

I purchased this portrait from the son of it's original owner

A fabulous set of old wooden jackstraws

I'd like to think she was the carver's mother or grandmother

Satisfying Old Brass Pin Drill Gauge handwoven basket This and the rest fromI believe this small brass gauge would have been used for measuring pin drill (pin vise) bits; pin drills are like miniature drills, used for precision work by machinists or jewelers, etc. This is a fairly old one, with just the center row of holes stamped: 0 10 in progression, the largest number for the smallest hole. The shape of it when I first saw it made me think of a hornbook (a small paddle of sorts, usually bearing an alphabet, used for