UNGRADED, Antique Brass Crate Stencil peruvian pottery 3 3/4" l x 2

3 3/4" l x 2 7/8" t x 1 1/4" w and in great condition

but most of all I love the play between the ruffle of her bonnet as it crosses her forehead and her hair peeking up underneath

really a special one

dates to the 1820s if not a little earlier

UNGRADED, Antique Brass Crate Stencil peruvian pottery 3 3/4" l x 2There are Grade A apples (or pears or eggs, etc) and Grade B ones (cosmetically imperfect but perfectly usable) and then there are the UNGRADED ones laying in wait of judgement, I presume, but which I'd like to think exceed classification altogether! I love an old brass crate stencil, but especially an unusual one, and especially one bearing a word or phrase that transcends original context. This is the first I've seen of these. Let us all strive to