Downeast Maine Boat Builders Antique Handmade Angle Measure bird targets but have it on fairly

but have it on fairly good authority that these likely date to the 1880s or so

in excellent shape and framed in a terrific old grain painted solid wood frame

but also the sort of thing that provokes a sense of responsibility in me to be its steward

as I have them photographed them here

the lid is in very good antique condition with just very minor losses

Downeast Maine Boat Builders Antique Handmade Angle Measure bird targets but have it on fairlyOf 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,