Downeast Maine Boat Builders Antique Handmade Angle Measure pearlware cup My guess is that it

My guess is that it was used to print directly on the wall in a home though perhaps to make wall paper--whatever the case it would have required some strength and determination to use

all the better for the Ford logo right underneath

a bit brighter silver in tone

I take the carvings to represent a thistle

as with old samplers

Downeast Maine Boat Builders Antique Handmade Angle Measure pearlware cup My guess is that itOf course found in Maine, and I know pulled out of an old boat builder's shop in Ellsworth, near Bar Harbor. I know little about the art of boat building, but sure do love a handmade tool, and clearly this was used for marking angles, I presume in a similar way to a bevel gauge. I love it as an object, with to my eye great beauty to all those graphite drawn lines, and I especially love the the knot in the wood on the left edge toward the bottom,