UNGRADED, Antique Brass Crate Stencil transparencies and with a pretty circus-y

and with a pretty circus-y feel to the colorfully painted beads on wire at either side pen (a hard-shelled papier mache I think

There is a dealer at an antique mall near Boston I frequent who has been doling out late 19th century Grand Tour albumen prints of sculptures in the collection of the Napoli Museo (National Archaeological Museum of Naples) a few at a time

I'd guess early 20th c

which is in good shape

And what a lot she packed into this portrayal of a cat wedding

UNGRADED, Antique Brass Crate Stencil transparencies and with a pretty circus-yThere are Grade A apples (or pears or eggs, etc) and Grade B ones (cosmetically imperfect but perfectly usable) and then there are the UNGRADED ones laying in wait of judgement, I presume, but which I'd like to think exceed classification altogether! I love an old brass crate stencil, but especially an unusual one, and especially one bearing a word or phrase that transcends original context. This is the first I've seen of these. Let us all strive to