Early 20th C. Paper Thin Brass Surveyors/Architects Stencils - Set # Four reds Just a beautifully humble old

Just a beautifully humble old slide top box

This one makes me want to start collecting miniature books to house in it

6" x 3 15/16"

a self-portrait of the soldier who made it

I'm really not sure why children should need much more to occupy them that some good blocks like these

Early 20th C. Paper Thin Brass Surveyors/Architects Stencils - Set # Four reds Just a beautifully humble oldI 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