Stunning and Extremely Sculptural Set of Antique Sculpting Tools humorous drawings A 19th c papier snuff

A 19th c papier snuff box I believe

and the color on what I think was once a blue coat--and now he needs to lean or have something placed under the wheelbarrow in order to stand up

but with some practice surely one could

steep hill

and I'll bet that is mostly dandelion greens green) but with many years of good use left in it

Stunning and Extremely Sculptural Set of Antique Sculpting Tools humorous drawings A 19th c papier snuffOne might think tools like these inspired many a modernist sculptor sculpture hard not to see the work of Brancusi and Arp and many others (Aubock, too) in the tools themselves, and I must say that just laying them out and arranging them together delivers huge aesthetic pleasure. Most of these are brass, a couple iron, all high quality and I believe antique. Used I would guess for working with plaster, with scoops or blades flat edges at the ends of