Early 20th C. Paper Thin Brass Surveyors/Architects Stencils - Set # Three monkey on ladder toy Such a charming teapot

Such a charming teapot

SIgned (a bit faint now) on reverse and dated what looks to me to be Oct

The latest we see is a wonderful hat / And though fashion the ladies now chide / They mostly are longing

There is a little loss to one far edge of the slide top box

Early 20th C. Paper Thin Brass Surveyors/Architects Stencils - Set # Three monkey on ladder toy Such a charming teapotI 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.