Cool Old Brass Button Polishing Guard (or Excellent Stencil) Take Takei at just over a foot

at just over a foot tall

just a bit of loss of gold on her fan and a few other minor scrapes here and there

though with such personality I think they're equally great just standing still

The “hook” included works very well for lifting them

but rarely have I seen one painted so elaborately and with such care as this one

Cool Old Brass Button Polishing Guard (or Excellent Stencil) Take Takei at just over a footWhen I spotted this, my first thought was that it would make a great line making and design tool. When I learned that it was used for polishing buttons, I liked it even more! C. 1910 20's, it would particularly have been used for polishing buttons on uniforms, with the "teeth" of the guard closing tightly around five buttons at a time, while protecting the fabric of the coat or jacket to which they were attached. Really a smart design I think, which