Iconic Old Solid Brass Hourglass Printing Block harpy The mix included some pieces

The mix included some pieces by him and some he acquired

This glaze appears again on the interior as halo-like outlines for the acidic blue-green hyroglyph-like decoration

with the wood and some of the stones well worn

8 3/4" x 5 1/4" x 2 7/8"

Iconic Old Solid Brass Hourglass Printing Block harpy The mix included some piecesMy 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