Another Beautiful Antique Brass Stencil Wheel, Allen Bros., 1868-1871 Patent star shaped but holds it in place

but holds it in place

3" across at widest point of bristles

) And having grown up surrounded by stoneware pottery of this ilk

but they are most definitely not going anywhere

done in late 1940s

Another Beautiful Antique Brass Stencil Wheel, Allen Bros., 1868-1871 Patent star shaped but holds it in placeI keep scooping up these antique stencil wheels whenever I come across them as I think they're just fantastic things. This is a very early one, with 1868 and 1871 patent dates (stamped on the face not once but twice) as well as a stamp for Allen Bros. Boston, MA, who would have been the distributor. In the case of this one which is in very good shape, with a nice warm, mellow patina to the brass on the face I love the back side as much as the front,