Iconic Old Solid Brass Hourglass Printing Block Arshille Gorky The Gift 3 box has

The Gift 3 box has its original label

which I found in New Hampshire

the second two in pencil--which I think do a pretty fantastic job bringing the story to life

graphite on wove paper with just a bit of a sheen

Box measures 5 1/8" x 2 1/8" x 1 13/16" t

Iconic Old Solid Brass Hourglass Printing Block Arshille Gorky The Gift 3 box hasMy 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