Store with This End Up, Antique Brass Barrel Stencil dials They link up however one

They link up however one wants to arrange them

dating back to the year my grandfather gifted us grandkids bags of walnuts

) This is a limited edition piece from 1988

which I am sure are Victorian era

11"x14" and in excellent condition

Store with This End Up, Antique Brass Barrel Stencil dials They link up however oneI clearly have a weakness for antique stencils bearing texts that make them interesting as signs of sorts now, and this is a great example. I presume it was made for painting signage on the lids of barrels, but am not sure what contents would specifically require storing one end up and opening from the other? I love that one can't look at it without imagining the object it implies, and especially the symbol at dead center, looking like an eye watching