Stunning and Extremely Sculptural Set of Antique Sculpting Tools barrel shaped box Quite a formation

Quite a formation

) I don't believe I've ever seen such a matter of fact sort of map of the Garden of Eden before

1" across at opening

likely first half of the 20th century

just general wear and age

Stunning and Extremely Sculptural Set of Antique Sculpting Tools barrel shaped box Quite a formationOne 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