GOLDEN ENGINE, Marvelously Evocative Old Handcut Brass Stencil unusual antique basket at first I thought this

at first I thought this was an old spruce gum box--always something to get excited about

with dark mane showing on one side

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but it is the drawings I love

GOLDEN ENGINE, Marvelously Evocative Old Handcut Brass Stencil unusual antique basket at first I thought thisI have to imagine this brass stencil was made to stencil GOLDEN ENGINE across the hood or maybe the sides of a race car many years ago, with the small pointing forward triangle over the N signaling full speed ahead! Perfectly executed in upper case italics, and with quite a patina, too. I found this in the Hudson River Valley with a note from the dealer that it had come from a prominent collection, but they didn't say whose. To my eye just about as