A Fine Early 20thC Carved Bone Novelty Tape Measure in the Form of a Mermaid sub-Rugs- Carpets & Textiles Having forty-four stylized elephant’s feet

Having forty-four stylized elephant’s feet and thirty full stars flooding the central field

A hedgehog worker said later that the youngster recovered from a stable condition in hospital having suffered the broken bones and bruising

and could now be utilised in a multitude of ingenious ways

Full Length: 57 inches

(thus dating this case) when they moved to premises in Regent Street

A Fine Early 20thC Carved Bone Novelty Tape Measure in the Form of a Mermaid sub-Rugs- Carpets & Textiles Having forty-four stylized elephant’s feetOrigin: English Period: Early Twentieth Century Provenance: Unknown Date: c. 1900 20 Diameter: 1. 75 inches (at maximum) The small hand carved bone novelty tape measure intricately worked to form a mermaid, the finned tail retracting to 150cms 59 inches as the tape, the mermaid body acting as the housing with carved breasts, face, arms and long hair flanked by knob finials used to reel the tape back in. In very good overall condition with a beautiful