New Puritan Lead menagerie\ with pins at the shoulders

with pins at the shoulders to allow one to move his arms (gently) up and down

There is one small split in the surface of the wood of the back leg visible on one side

4 1/4" across at handle

"Quadraped any animal that walks on four legs"

from pointy ears to spiky toes

New Puritan Lead menagerie\ with pins at the shouldersSomething in the combination of text and material just spoke to me when I found these blocks of New Puritan Lead the other day in Maine, weighing in at about 8 pounds. It seems somehow rather poignant that "Puritan" and lead should be linked, perhaps as if to signify the heavy weight of the puritanical in many senses. And the font on the text seems perfectly right, declarative and unwavering. (A little bit Jenny Holzer esque too.) To my sensibilities,