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

in significant part because of how happy she looks

perhaps in southern Maine

who seems to have been a popular girl

The mix included some pieces by him and some he acquired

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