Special and Rare Early Hand-Engraved Brass Clock Dial Signed Fretel foundry mold architect and MIT librarian and

architect and MIT librarian and fell in love with it at once

Pretty fabulous I think

I never get over the loveliness of these old super soft pale horsehair brushes with beautiful long turned wood handles

I am guessing 1930s or early 40s

" and then on the underside of the box are tiny carved dots representing a couple of double sixes

Special and Rare Early Hand-Engraved Brass Clock Dial Signed Fretel foundry mold architect and MIT librarian andMy knowledge of clocks is next to nil, but my attraction to beautiful things knows no bounds and I find this very very beautiful! Clearly, it is quite an old hand engraved brass clock dial, which I really love for its folkiness, with stars in between each Roman numeral and sun at the center. Based on some research my guess would be that it was once the face of a lantern clock a type of antique weight driven wall clock shaped like a lantern which