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Karen D 🇨🇦Apr 28, 2024

Hey friends, does anyone know what either of these objects are?
(They were found in a deceased relative's jewelry box.)
Please boost for added eyes, thanks! 😊

The lettering on the object on the left says:
Hadley Made in USA
Both ends open up to 90⁰ and the main body expands and contracts about a centimetre.

A clever person has said that the object in the right is a Writescope telescoping mechanical pencil. Thanks!

@sewing #fashion #menswear #history #museum

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RS, Author, Novelist, Prosaist Apr 29, 2024

@KarenDorman @sewing
Does the item on the left actuate? It looks like part of a sewing machine, maybe some sort of a hand held one?

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Karen D 🇨🇦Apr 29, 2024

@sfwrtr
Hhmmm. I'll ask. The bottom does look kind of like a sewing machine foot doesn't it?

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RS, Author, Novelist, Prosaist

@KarenDorman And the top looks like two "levers" that might be moved in opposition by grabbing each in a finger pinch to move a needle up and down. Not saying I know; it just resembles that.