Unusual and Beautiful Old Handmade Ruler (?) early speller but super sweet

but super sweet

the other reaching toward his mother

6 1/2" in diameter

I believe I have them correctly oriented in accordance with the placement of the text on reverse

I've got a soft spot for antique shoe-shaped snuff boxes

Unusual and Beautiful Old Handmade Ruler (?) early speller but super sweetI really don't know anything about this one, but found it at Brimfield and couldn't put it down. I presume a ruler or guide of some sort, with the increments along one side approximately one inch and the shorter ones about half an inch. For me the angled lines really make it. lending a sense of movement and three dimensionality to the whole thing, and the wood, which I think may be boxwood, is lovely. With what looks to be some faint handwritten text