Sweet Little Antique Handmade Key Hole Saw with Fat Handle straight edges The smallest

The smallest

I believe original gold gessoed frame with wood back

with text/watercolors on one side only

watercolor on laid paper

probably not all that far from whence it came

Sweet Little Antique Handmade Key Hole Saw with Fat Handle straight edges The smallestThis tiny saw I plucked along with the heart clamp and stair saw also listed today from a small trove and an antique shop in Midcoast Maine that I think all came from one collection. I think it could be called a pad saw, or keyhole saw, but it's an especially small one, made long ago for a very specific job I would guess. I'm not at all a tool expert, but I do appreciate a sculpturally satisfying, well designed thing when I see one, especially one