Iconic Old Solid Brass Hourglass Printing Block mid-century Teppich and if not to be

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

and joining one of the borders to the linen

I love that this little old bull was really made with "no bull" - just a silhouette cut out from a piece of wood

made by Creative Playthings in 1955

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

Iconic Old Solid Brass Hourglass Printing Block mid-century Teppich and if not to beMy 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