Cool Old Brass Button Polishing Guard (or Excellent Stencil) carved wooden lion some spots and stains

some spots and stains

I found it filled with old hardware

reading 'In Haste I am Yours'

particularly around the lip

which I'd guess may be the year when he was made

Cool Old Brass Button Polishing Guard (or Excellent Stencil) carved wooden lion some spots and stainsWhen 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