Ruler

Ruler
Ruler
1994/2531

1750-1800 / Ministers, Preachers & Associates / Other / Wood / Woodwork
Wood, paper, ink
c.1760-80

This foot-long wooden ruler belonged to John Fletcher (1729-85); Fletcher was one of Methodism's great early theologians. The ruler has a reliable provenance, with an original label still attached. According to this, the ruler sat on Fletcher's desk in Madeley. Interestingly, the ruler has no scale subdivisions.

1994/2531