SOLD Beautiful Old Steel Planing/Molding Blades (?) in Lovely Two Compartment Wooden Sleeve three keys good for hanging

good for hanging

including for her fantastic illustrations for the book of Inuit folk tales

) 2" tall  x 1 1/8" wide x 1/2" deep

I can't quite decipher the name written in ink on the inside of the leather cover flap or on the first inside page

and how it makes one think about the mechanics of time advancing

SOLD Beautiful Old Steel Planing/Molding Blades (?) in Lovely Two Compartment Wooden Sleeve three keys good for hangingFound at a shop in NH the other day, I had no choice but to bring these home with me, even while not certain their original purpose (maybe originally blades for a crown molding plane?) something about the curves and points and surfaces of the steel forms totally does it for me, as does the old wooden shield shaped box into which they slip (reminding me of the metal boxes sleeves made for holding antique grain painting combs.) I've always got a eye out