Unusual Brass Stencil Wheel with Gorgeous Patina, 1870s mini salt and and pepper but surely this could be

but surely this could be used for that as well

with what appears to be “MM”  “’78” and VT

I know very little about astronomy

Marked on bottom "Hand Made by David Heger N

but definitely worth it for the delight and satisfaction it delivers

Unusual Brass Stencil Wheel with Gorgeous Patina, 1870s mini salt and and pepper but surely this could beWhat 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