SOLD Beautiful Old Steel Planing/Molding Blades (?) in Lovely Two Compartment Wooden Sleeve three keys but these six alone represent

but these six alone represent quite the cast of characters

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

There is old glue holding her broken pieces in place and a chip to the corner of her base but she seems stable and in it for the long haul

was stained/painted with what I'd describe as a sort of white wash

SOLD Beautiful Old Steel Planing/Molding Blades (?) in Lovely Two Compartment Wooden Sleeve three keys but these six alone representFound 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