I have some tools from my great Aunt from the tun of the century. I think that was the Edwardian period, but since I’m not English, who knows. Anyway, I was surprised that the tape measure was very small, and wax was kept in a small little jar type thing bakealite maybe. I’m not sure where it is right now or I would take a picture. It was in a small rectangular box covered in silk. It may have come when she visited elderly family that were Shakers.