Early 20th C. Paper Thin Brass Surveyors/Architects Stencils - Set # Two finely carved game token 1940s or so I'd guess

1940s or so I'd guess and in very good used condition

primarily dating to the mid- to late- 19th century

There is one with cut corners

I love the faces of the dogs especially

what I believe are a tree

Early 20th C. Paper Thin Brass Surveyors/Architects Stencils - Set # Two finely carved game token 1940s or so I'd guessI 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