A ONCE IN A LIFETIME CHANCE TO OWN AN UNHEARD OF T.S. SCOVILLE'S 24" DEGREE PLUMB & LEVEL WITH ORIGINAL FLUID & ORIGINAL LABEL !!!. LEVEL IS STAMPED ON ONE END "T.S. SCOVILLE'S, DEGREE PLUMB & LEVEL, PAT. SEPT. 13 1859 ". THE OTHER END IS STAMPED " JAS. TERRY & CO., MANUFACTURERS, ROCHESTER, N.Y. ". PAPER LABEL IS ALMOST COMPLETE & EXPLAINS HOW TO USE LEVEL. HAS THE ORIGINAL ORNATE BRASS PLATE BUT THIS PARTICULAR MODEL DID NOT COME WITH THE BRASS DOOR AS THERE IS NO HOLE PREPPED FOR ONE. BASED ON PAST RESEARCH & SPEAKING WITH OTHER LEVEL EXPERTS NO ONE HAS BEEN ABLE TO DETERMINE HOW THE FLUID WAS PUT IN & SINCE JUST ALL ABOUT ALL OTHER SPECIMENS THAT HAVE SURFACED ARE USUALLY DRY OF FLUID IT HAS BEEN DETERMINED THAT THIS LEVEL HAS ITS ORIGINAL FLUID. LEVEL IS IN EXTREMELY FINE CONDITION CONSIDERING ITS AGE. THIS LEVEL BELONGS IN A WORLD CLASS LEVEL COLLECTION OR IN A MUSEUM. TIME TO PASS IT ON.
