Cool Old Brass Button Polishing Guard (or Excellent Stencil) carved wooden lion 12" x 1/4" x 1/8"

12" x 1/4" x 1/8" when completely unfolded

including perhaps a low budget Sci-Fi film

which I'd guess may be the year when he was made

and a bird

I found it filled with old hardware

Cool Old Brass Button Polishing Guard (or Excellent Stencil) carved wooden lion 12" x 1/4" x 1/8"When I spotted this, my first thought was that it would make a great line making and design tool. When I learned that it was used for polishing buttons, I liked it even more! C. 1910 20's, it would particularly have been used for polishing buttons on uniforms, with the "teeth" of the guard closing tightly around five buttons at a time, while protecting the fabric of the coat or jacket to which they were attached. Really a smart design I think, which