Stunning and Extremely Sculptural Set of Antique Sculpting Tools nesting dolls with the flip side untouched

with the flip side untouched

with some toning around the edges but in good shape

black marker on white paper: 10 3/4" x 8 1/4"

with post 19 1/8" t

Stunning and Extremely Sculptural Set of Antique Sculpting Tools nesting dolls with the flip side untouchedOne might think tools like these inspired many a modernist sculptor sculpture hard not to see the work of Brancusi and Arp and many others (Aubock, too) in the tools themselves, and I must say that just laying them out and arranging them together delivers huge aesthetic pleasure. Most of these are brass, a couple iron, all high quality and I believe antique. Used I would guess for working with plaster, with scoops or blades flat edges at the ends of