DARK ENGINE, Very Excellent Old Handcut Brass Stencil painted cubes 19th century New England I

19th century New England I believe with its original paint

I've only found a couple of example of full scale carved stone keystones of a related ilk to this one

Though not easy to photograph (he absorbs all the light

but I don't know

with some nice blushing and veins in the marble showing through

DARK ENGINE, Very Excellent Old Handcut Brass Stencil painted cubes 19th century New England ISix months ago or so, I found the counterpoint stencil to this one GOLDEN ENGINE in the Hudson River Valley; this week I returned to the same shop and found DARK ENGINE waiting for me! As before, the dealer noted that this had come from a prominent area collection, from which I guess they are doling out one stencil at a time. Before I imagined that Golden Engine had been used to stencil the hood or maybe the sides of a race car many years ago, and