Beautiful Treen Ruler with Inlaid Brass Pins gift for crafter I often buy lotions and

I often buy lotions and potions just for the great packaging

are rendered in brown polished stone

each with a little carved ball inside

12 5/8" long x 2" wide measured as it hangs (the chain itself is about twice that in total length)

Beautiful Treen Ruler with Inlaid Brass Pins gift for crafter I often buy lotions andThe first thing this lovely ruler made me think of was antique treen snuff boxes finely decorated with tiny brass nails, and this feels very much of that ilk as well as reminding me of Victorian pin cushions with phrases spelled out in stick pins that I am forever coveting! I believe it is likely British, I think the wood is rosewood, and the nails were individually inlaidwith the added benefit being that one can feel the numbers with the tips of the