Stunning and Extremely Sculptural Set of Antique Sculpting Tools barrel shaped box 2 medium soft pencils

2 medium soft pencils

likely first half of the 20th century

1" across at opening

Heavy and very satisfying

but are very readable

Stunning and Extremely Sculptural Set of Antique Sculpting Tools barrel shaped box 2 medium soft pencilsOne 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