Lovely Antique Brass 6 Inch Folding Ruler hand-painted porclain to her bangled wrist and

to her bangled wrist and the way her hand leans on this pedestal

This is a an old Japanase merchant ledger book that I believe would be known as a daifuku-cho

but that has not happened

this I believe would be referred to as a chazutsu

Lovely Antique Brass 6 Inch Folding Ruler hand-painted porclain to her bangled wrist andThe tinier the ruler the better as far as I'm concerned all the better for measuring little things! I've had a couple of 6 inch folding rulers made of bone, but don't believe I've ever coming across a brass one, and this one feels quite special. No mark anywhere on it that I can see, and with just the 1st and last inch divided into quarters, the rest just into halves. 19th c. I believe, and I imagine made for a very specific purpose, perhaps for an