Stencil

Object Name:

Stencil

Object ID:

2017.014.089

Creator:

Metcalf's Stencil Cutting Rooms

Place of Origin:

Boston, MA

Date:

1845-1850

Description:

Boxed stencil set, consisting of stencil, ink brush, glass ink plate, and instruction sheet.
A. Brass stencil, "Wesley P. Stone." Rectangle with raised edges, and cut off corners.
B. Ink brush. Cork core with metal sheath and short, black bristles. Round base, tapers to flat oval tip.
C. Box. Rectangular beige box and lid. "Wesley Stone / 62" in pencil on bottom. Yellow paper label on top. "Stencil Plates & Indellible Ink / For Marking Clothing, Books, Cards &c. / Manufactured at / METCALF'S / STENCIL CUTTING ROOMS, / No. 45 1/2 Salem St. (up stairs,) / (Opposite Morton Street.) BOSTON..." continues to advertise services.
D. Piece of glass with ink smears on flat sides. Rectangular, with chipped corner, and triangluar wedge sticking off one side. Probably not original.
E. Yellow paper with instructions for using ink and stencil.

Material:

Metal
Brass

Provenance:

Part of the Ethel Cilley Stone Collection, consisting of objects, documents, photographs, and memorabilia related to James Stone (1780-1874) and his wife Mary East Beard Stone (1791-1875) of Dunbarton; their son Captain Andrew J. Stone (1828-1864) of Dunbarton, California, etc.; Wesley Page Stone (1833-1916) and his wife Alice Patten Cilley (1849-1934) of Dunbarton; and their daughter, schoolteacher and family historian Ethel Cilley Stone (1884-1981) of Dunbarton and Goffstown.

The collection descended to Ethel Cilley Stone. After her death, the bulk of her estate passed to her minister, Rev. Graham T. Rowley (1932-2012) of Goffstown, then to his children, the donors.

Credit Line:

Gift of Daniel T. Rowley and Elizabeth A. Rowley

People:

Stone, Ethel Cilley (1884-1981), Stone, Wesley P. (1833-1916)

Subjects:

Stencils, Stencils (Tools), Ink