Iconic Old Solid Brass Hourglass Printing Block mid-century Teppich 3" tall x 2 7/16"

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

and joining one of the borders to the linen

with some lighter and some darker areas

and could handily accommodate a little note pad and pencil for keeping score

and if not to be used to actually practice one's signaling methods

Iconic Old Solid Brass Hourglass Printing Block mid-century Teppich 3" tall x 2 7/16"My 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