Early 20th C. Paper Thin Brass Surveyors/Architects Stencils - Set # Four gift for collector as there is some age

as there is some age toning on top

people would wrap the center in black cloth tape like this

and  some ink staining to mostly far upper corners of a portion of pages (as exemplified in documented pages

mane and tail

one inside the next

Early 20th C. Paper Thin Brass Surveyors/Architects Stencils - Set # Four gift for collector as there is some ageI 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