Sweet Little Antique Handmade Key Hole Saw with Fat Handle straight edges watercolor on laid paper

watercolor on laid paper

It's also very nice  how much the "leve" looks like "love

I believe original gold gessoed frame with wood back

The smallest

hand-dyed wool

Sweet Little Antique Handmade Key Hole Saw with Fat Handle straight edges watercolor on laid paperThis tiny saw I plucked along with the heart clamp and stair saw also listed today from a small trove and an antique shop in Midcoast Maine that I think all came from one collection. I think it could be called a pad saw, or keyhole saw, but it's an especially small one, made long ago for a very specific job I would guess. I'm not at all a tool expert, but I do appreciate a sculpturally satisfying, well designed thing when I see one, especially one