Lovely Old Hand Soldered Brass Dodecahedron printmaking roller 1900 I believe--is a good

1900 I believe--is a good one

and I am pretty certain the JK (or KJ) who signed it was also the author of two other ink and watercolor drawings I've just listed with a very similar line

but very soon to transition

but with no notable chips or cracks at all that I can see

The ball in cage measures 3 1/8" t x 7/8" w x 3/4" d

Lovely Old Hand Soldered Brass Dodecahedron printmaking roller 1900 I believe--is a goodThe seller I purchased this from thought it may have been made as a practice or test piece by a metalworker long ago, which seems plausible to me; it was clearly made from one piece of brass, with a wonderfully imperfect seam where the edges were soldered together. (It is hollow inside.) Whatever the case, certainly it was done by hand and I believe has quite a bit of age to. To me it is satisfying in the way that antique geometric solid blocks are,