SOLD GROUND PLAN: Early 20th C. Paper Thin Brass Surveyors/Architects Stencil early 1900s carving Stands up on its own

Stands up on its own

and with these almost wave-like patterns of decoration animating the rest of it

I think it is quite possibly an antique Oaxacan alebrije

Simple as can be

SOLD GROUND PLAN: Early 20th C. Paper Thin Brass Surveyors/Architects Stencil early 1900s carving Stands up on its ownI 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