Pair of Mid-Century Stanley Painted Steel Plumb Bobs Trenton Manufacturing with a bit of spotting

with a bit of spotting to the wood on its back

and tis the season

I saw one of these in an instagram post recently and was totally smitten--what could be better than this marvelous icicle font and border

5" x 3 5/8"

but what I love most is the way that the shot and eroded away parts of the head and neck/back transform this duck into a fiercer looking creature - like a serpent of some sort

Pair of Mid-Century Stanley Painted Steel Plumb Bobs Trenton Manufacturing with a bit of spottingI've got a bit of a thing for plumb bobs beautiful forms, which also always feel good in the hand, and there is something so elemental and true feeling about the act of finding a plumb. These two were made by Stanley c. 1960s or so; the red is No. 170, 5 oz; the yellow No. 171, 8 oz. I love the ribs on them, and the way the paint has hung on just along them, with what looks like some yellow paint to the larger as what I imagine was a happy accident.