SOLD Most Tender and Poignant 19th Century Hand-cut Iron July 4 Stencil vintage snapshop large slot on top and

large slot on top and cork stopper on bottom

they do still roll along pretty smoothly

A little wear around the edges of the gold painted frame plus tearing to the black paper on the back

with a little wear/loss around the bases

SOLD Most Tender and Poignant 19th Century Hand-cut Iron July 4 Stencil vintage snapshop large slot on top andA humble thing but this is truly one of my favorite finds ever. The combination of the very old and weathered iron and the loss lack of a center to the "U" (and absence of a Y, too) and that freehand cut 4 floating above, off on its own, feels exactly right compositionally, symbolically, metaphorically, etc or representing Independence Day. Singularly and tenderly constructed, improvisational feeling but emphatic, eroding but enduring. For me this one