Early 20th C. Paper Thin Brass Surveyors/Architects Stencils - Set # Three vintage painted metal sign Amazing details down to ribbed

Amazing details down to ribbed grips on the interiors of each set

repeated twice around the perimeter of the basket

I love everything about this photograph

Ten pages including cover

Early 20th C. Paper Thin Brass Surveyors/Architects Stencils - Set # Three vintage painted metal sign Amazing details down to ribbedI find these old brass surveyors architects stencils so beautiful paper thin, finely made, and 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 contexts.