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

with some lighter and some darker areas

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

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

most of which one finds painted

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