Antique Cloth Measuring Tape in Lovely Tin Litho Case with Winder antique charcoal drawing with a small bump on

with a small bump on the top edge near the center and some dark marks on the reverse

with some doodles on the back of that

and clearly Genleve was an empathetic soul--feeling the loneliness of a lone poinsetta

I assume based on his outfit and especially those striped sleeves this fellow is a horse jockey

and a note about the drawing: "watermarked / Meeteer

Antique Cloth Measuring Tape in Lovely Tin Litho Case with Winder antique charcoal drawing with a small bump onJust lovely. Early 20th c. I believe, a cloth measure housed inside tin litho case, with metal pull at the end of the measuring tape and smoothly turning arm that winds it tightly back inside. I don't come across these very often, especially not as graphically excellent as this one, which feels like a cousin of a Schoenhut circus drum! 1 15 16" d x 1 1 4". I pulled it out a little further than 40 inches and it seems it likely goes a to 48 or so. Some