Iconic Old Solid Brass Hourglass Printing Block mid-century Teppich made by Creative Playthings in

made by Creative Playthings in 1955

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

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

with some lighter and some darker areas

most of which one finds painted

Iconic Old Solid Brass Hourglass Printing Block mid-century Teppich made by Creative Playthings inMy 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