Stencil
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- Description
- Small, horizontal rectangular stencil cut with the name "Frankie Mead" in ornamented roman letters arched between five-pointed stars and arcs. Plate is turned over along all four edges and countersunk to a zinc frame with horizontal oval window on back. Several office stamps (all in black ink) appear across plate front, including "OFFICE OF", "SALE BY" and "[RETU]RN IN TEN DAYS TO". No other marks.
- Name stencils such as this are often referred to as calling card stencils, but were used to mark a variety of items, including clothing, textiles, boxes or containers, etc.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- stencil
- date made
- 1865 - 1895
- place made
- United States
- Physical Description
- brass (stencil plate material)
- zinc (frame material)
- Measurements
- overall: 1/16 in x 3 in x 1 1/4 in;.15875 cm x 7.62 cm x 3.175 cm
- ID Number
- 1987.0001.1
- accession number
- 1987.0001
- catalog number
- 1987.0001.1
- Credit Line
- Eula B. Lewis
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- Cultural and Community Life: Domestic Life
- Domestic Furnishings
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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