🔎 UNIDENTIFIED Ok what's it? Thinking stitch counter? Anyone have another photo like this?

[DirtTGuy]

 

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[Red-Coat]

Yes, it's for checking the quality of woven fabrics and generally known as a "linen tester" because that was its principal use in times gone by. Difficult to date since they're still used today and made to essentially the same design:



Neat to find it with the lens still in place.

 

[boogeyman]

Yes, it's for checking the quality of woven fabrics and generally known as a "linen tester" because that was its principal use in times gone by. Difficult to date since they're still used today and made to essentially the same design:

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Neat to find it with the lens still in place.

Ding ding ding there's the winner!

 

[DirtTGuy]

Thanks guys for the input