Antique Brass KING Apple Stencil, H.L McPherson, Boston cased photo Approx 8 1/2" in diameter

Approx 8 1/2" in diameter and in very good condition

but of course I also like the image of a litter of calico kittens it brings to mind

or perhaps very very stealthy games of Craps

and I'd like to think the painting was done on wood from a fallen tree removed from these very banks

filling me with total joy

Antique Brass KING Apple Stencil, H.L McPherson, Boston cased photo Approx 8 1/2" in diameterNow and again I come across old stencils cut for painting apple barrels or crates, but I believe this is the first KING I've seen, and as a lover of found language, how to resist? A gift fit for a king, I'd say and good in all sorts of contexts. (The King apple, red with yellow stripes and also known as the Tompkins King, was long thought to have originated at Jacksonville in Tompkins County, NY, but later that tree was discovered to have been