Jas. A Murley, Antique Hand-cut Scrap Lead Stencil funny postcard and just perfect the way

and just perfect the way she she rests her other hand on her skirt

and the little red bow

I am uncertain of the date (number on the bottom refers to the form

including just in a notebook

with wonderful little pointy ears and a really charming face detailed with black paint on the eyes

Jas. A Murley, Antique Hand-cut Scrap Lead Stencil funny postcard and just perfect the wayI 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