Downeast Maine Boat Builders Antique Handmade Angle Measure pearlware cup the other a painted yellow

the other a painted yellow ring

I take the carvings to represent a thistle

a bit brighter silver in tone

Part of the pleasure of being out hunting for things is discovering whole genres of things one never new existed

all the better for the Ford logo right underneath

Downeast Maine Boat Builders Antique Handmade Angle Measure pearlware cup the other a painted yellowOf 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,