S.M. Kensinger's Lovely Wooden Drafting Triangle utilitarian box meaning it will move a

meaning it will move a but if wiggled

It appears that at one time it was covered entirely in gold paint or gold leaf

and what a wonderful thing to fill with a good whiskey and slip into your pocket as you head off on an adventure

) I think this would have been used for making clear candy rather than chocolate

that this drawing dates to the mid- to late 19th century

S.M. Kensinger's Lovely Wooden Drafting Triangle utilitarian box meaning it will move aToo pretty to resist, this wooden drawing triangle bears the name of its onetime owner, S. M Kensinger, carefully written in cursive along the interior edge of the hypotenuse. Just a nice thing to keep on the desk (or hang on a nail near it) , and looking at it makes me at least want to sit down and make precise, intensively patterned geometric drawings. I'm not certain the age of this, but it's definitely got some years; there is no mark except a "9"