Unusual Brass Stencil Wheel with Gorgeous Patina, 1870s mini salt and and pepper I know very little about

I know very little about astronomy

called Yosegi in Japan

The cat itself measures 6 3/8" tall x 5 1/8" wide x 5/8" deep and can easily be removed from the bookend (which makes it 3 5/8" deep) screwed to the bottom with two screws

3 1/2 across at handle

Unusual Brass Stencil Wheel with Gorgeous Patina, 1870s mini salt and and pepper I know very little aboutWhat a gorgeous thing! I'd never seen a stencil wheel like this before, and think it is just fantastic; I certainly love interlocking brass letter and number stencils, but they don't hold a candle to this, where one has all the letters and numbers together, plus a few handy extras (lbs, yds, $, etc.) Held together at the center with a turned wood handle, the arm on top rotates easily around the disc, with two windows for framing the letter or number