19th Century Hand-forged Heart Quilting Clamp hand-formed in original Pocket Signal Disk

in original Pocket Signal Disk envelope

To my eye quite a beautiful antique primitive box

Sight” 3 1/8” x 2 9/16”

they're old

It appears to be signed Walker at lower right

19th Century Hand-forged Heart Quilting Clamp hand-formed in original Pocket Signal DiskBefore the holidays I was up in Mid Coast Maine for a show and made a few other stops I purchased this and a couple of old handmade saws from a dealer who always has interesting things, and I'm pretty sure they all came from one tool collection as they all showed up together. (I resisted coming home with more. but never could I leave this one behind!) It is is an antique hand forged quilting clamp, which would I believe have been used on a quilting