Stop + Look = Safety Old Brass Sign Making Stencil framed petit point 3 3/4" t x 3

3 3/4" t x 3 5/8" w x 2 1/2" d

A fun gift for your favorite publisher or printmaker — and it also makes a pretty fun easel for a tiny print or painting

There are scattered stains

with incised round eyes on either side of the head and a shell pattern on his back

circa 1950

Stop + Look = Safety Old Brass Sign Making Stencil framed petit point 3 3/4" t x 3I've seen some old brass stencils salvaged from apple orchards, which were used for labeling bushels or boxes of different varieties, and also some cut with old company logos but I've never seen one I like as much as this Stop + Look = Safety stencil, which I think rather transcends its original function to read almost like a text piece by Jenny Holzer! So many contexts in which this would be good; I myself might hang it over the front door (or above