Antique rules, levels and measuring tools - folding boxwood rules, brass rolling rules, shoe measures and specialty gauges by makers like Smallwood and Barnsley.
NEW ITEM An 8 inch Level by E. Preston No 1220. Dark Rosewood with brass top and steel plated bottom. Listed in the 1909 Preston Catalog. Good + $125.00
A Sighting Plumb and Level by Rabone, fancy brass top with decorative cut outs. Both bubbles inworking order. Cross hairs in tact and clear sighting. 9 1/2 iches overall length. Good++
A 10 inch Mahogany Level with solid brass top and bottom plates. A great coffee table show piece that is also very useful when hanging pictures and wall decor. Good++ $ 60.00
A 12" Rule by I & D Smallwood, Birmingham, Eng. An advertising rule which the company produced for its own benefit. Old yellow paint with black writing. The reverse side has six small pictures, a combination square, a folding rule, a torpedo level, a machinist's rule, a bevel square, and a try square. A nice addition to a collection of rules. Good++
An Ebony Level with fancy brass top. 9 3/4 inches long. Good++
Stock/Part Number: FW9822
Boxwood & Ivory Rules by Maker
Folding rules were made in boxwood and brass to trade-specific patterns - shoe, architect's and rolling rules among them, noted by maker and length where marked.
 "Level by E. Preston")
 "10 inch Mahogany Sighting Level.")
 "12 inch Level by E. Preston")
 "Sighting Level by Frost")
 "Ebony Level by Bennett Burley")
 "Stanley 1 ft 4 fold Rule")
 "Sighting Plumb and Level")
 "Ebony Level")
 "10 inch Ebony Level by Mathieson")
 "10 inch Ebony Level by Preston")
 "Boxwood & Brass Caliper Rope Rule 4 inch")
 "10 inch Mahogany Level")
 "9 inch Rosewood Level")
 "Paragon Protractor by Keuffel & Esser Co. NY")
 "9 inch Level with fancy brass top, rosewood body")
 "24\" Brass Rolling Rule")
 "Metric Shoe Measure by Barnsley")
 "Shoe Stick in Boxwood by W. J. Barron & Sons")
 "12\" Rule by I & D Smallwood,")
 "27 inch Boxwood and Brass Double Angled Rule")
 "Line Level by L. S. Starrett, No 108")
 "Ebony Level by Atkin & Son with fancy brass top")
 "Ebony Level with fancy brass top")