Iconic Old Solid Brass Hourglass Printing Block mid-century Teppich with some lighter and some

with some lighter and some darker areas

and so making it an especially fun one to wear

3" tall x 2 7/16" wide and in very good condition

most of which one finds painted

and joining one of the borders to the linen

Iconic Old Solid Brass Hourglass Printing Block mid-century Teppich with some lighter and someMy attraction to printing blocks is not really related to their printable function; rather, I'm attracted their objecthood and specifically interested in ones bearing text or graphics that have all sorts of resonances. So this excellent old solid brass one bearing a perfectly rendered hourglass, as what is more symbolic, and iconic, than that? (I might lay it on its side in a gesture of trying to slow things down!) Just an excellent small thing, and