Early 20th C. Paper Thin Brass Surveyors/Architects Stencils - Set # Two hand-colored engraving They are in very good

They are in very good condition--if perhaps a bit faded with age

and two pages all of numbers

So lots of room in this one for storing all sorts of things

even more so for the relative humbleness of the results of that hard labor

what really sold me on this sign is the red lettering against weathered gray on the beans side

Early 20th C. Paper Thin Brass Surveyors/Architects Stencils - Set # Two hand-colored engraving They are in very goodI 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. I