Early 20th C. Paper Thin Brass Surveyors/Architects Stencils - Set # Four morn 8 7/8"" x 6"

8 7/8"" x 6"

My favorite detail is the darker blue enamel used to detail the little feet of each box

What I love most are the drawings on the inside covers- two crude smiling faces at front

lined in orange fabric

but this more crudely carved one suits me more

Early 20th C. Paper Thin Brass Surveyors/Architects Stencils - Set # Four morn 8 7/8"" x 6"I find these old brass surveyors architects stencils so beautiful paper thin, finely made, and really shining rather like liquid gold in the light. I purchased a lot of them from a seller in England, and have broken them up into smaller thematic groups. These would have been used to annotate blueprints architectural renderings, but as a lover of found language I like them as small, evocative signs of sorts, which could be interesting in all sorts