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
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