Jas. A Murley, Antique Hand-cut Scrap Lead Stencil vintage Exit sign and product of much more

and product of much more effort on the part of their maker

and would love to see them put to use again now in all sorts of creative ways

and I love that black dot for an eye

Each drawing/painting is of a  landscape view framed by an oval border

22) next to the RELIEF reading as No Relief--which of course often seems to be the case these days on numerous sorts of levels

Jas. A Murley, Antique Hand-cut Scrap Lead Stencil vintage Exit sign and product of much moreI really love an old hand cut stencil, and even better one of one, and I also really love most anything proudly spelling out the name of someone who lived long ago. To my eye, the lettering in this one one could not be any better, either with those excellent serifs on the J and L and Y. Plus it appears something of a make do creation, making use of a scrap of lead (I believe) surely left over from something else and so following its as found arc with