Antique Brass KING Apple Stencil, H.L McPherson, Boston metal inlay dominoes The bristles are in perfect

The bristles are in perfect condition

better yet a pair

which I found in Adams County

and about as poetic as it gets

Then there is the sleeve

Antique Brass KING Apple Stencil, H.L McPherson, Boston metal inlay dominoes The bristles are in perfectNow 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