Unusual and Excellent Old Architectural Whimsy With Crosses, Spear, and Balls in Cages antique caliper with the same words painted

with the same words painted on both sides and two holes drilled right through it for hanging

which was included in his Travels in Georgia

I always have an eye out for great stools that would make great pedestals to arrange other things atop

With nothing inside

One tear along left edge

Unusual and Excellent Old Architectural Whimsy With Crosses, Spear, and Balls in Cages antique caliper with the same words paintedThis is one of three old carved wooden whimsies I purchased together from a dealer in New Hampshire, all listed today, and I think quite likely all done by the same person. This is the most striking and unusual of the three; I've never seen another quite like it, with crosses carved out on all four sides around the bottom end (creating four tiny corner shelves of sorts) and then this excellent, very sharply pointed pyramid just above, which makes