Iconic Old Solid Brass Hourglass Printing Block harpy This glaze appears again on

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

and this wear certainly suggests it was hung and seen

threaded neck

Iconic Old Solid Brass Hourglass Printing Block harpy This glaze appears again onMy 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