Scarce and Excellent Looking Antique STAR Printer's Make-Up Rule quilting clamo for bagels and lox

for bagels and lox

and some age toning and small stains around the edges

I was thinking about all of the contexts in which might resonate and situations it might serve to contextualize--earnestly and poignantly

and are little rattles

and especially this very excellent face with pointy ears

Scarce and Excellent Looking Antique STAR Printer's Make-Up Rule quilting clamo for bagels and loxI spotted this in a case at an antiques shop in central MA and jumped on it just for the sight of it, but have since come to learn it is a rather iconic little tool in the type laying world: a Star printer's make up rule (or composing rule) used in letterpress printing for measuring and justifying lines of type. Not in the least my expertise, but in the realm of printing history these seem to hold a special place; I read one wonderful story of a print