They don’t make ‘em like they used to !
The workmanship on this antique boxwood foot measure is wonderful. The brass hinges are beautifully inlaid and the folding mechanism is snug . A real work of art in my opinion ! 
To measure up to size 14 shoes ! 
Stamped George Barnsley & Sons Sheffield .
(George Barnsley and Sons was founded as a tool manufacturing business in 1836 mainly specialising in the making of specialised rasps and files used in the shoemaking industry before diversifying into knife blades and shoemaking tools in the early 1850's.)