AN 18TH-CENTURY BRASS RULE BY BENJAMIN COLE, LONDON
divided on one side over 12in. between 0-36 and signed as per title to top; together with another, similar, signed James Gargory and stamped TC with crown over
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Either Benjamin Cole (I) 1720-1750 or Benjamin Cole (II) 1766-1782 could be responsible for the first instrument; James Gargory is recorded as working between 1835 and 1862 from Bull Street, Birmingham

Condition Report
The lacquer on both instruments is much worn although the edges remain reasonably sharp and divisions are still clearly observable.

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