Early 20th C. Odd Fellows Carved Hourglass in Gold and Silver Paint ledger drawing parenthetically described as chimney sweeps--with

parenthetically described as chimney sweeps--with the hand-written quote on the back of the paper making one wonder whether the drawing portrays friends or lovers lost

painting in very good condition

7 1/2" x 5 11/16" x 11/16"

but I find this quite a beautiful and powerful piece--and it's a huge one

Early 20th C. Odd Fellows Carved Hourglass in Gold and Silver Paint ledger drawing parenthetically described as chimney sweeps--withWhat better object, and symbol, and reminder (!) than an hourglass? This is an earlyish 20th century fraternal one, probably Odd Fellows, found in Upstate New York, carved of wood and clad in its original silver and gold paint, nicely mellowed now. There are earlier, much more finely carved (and very precious) examples of these out there, but I like the simplicity and sort of matter of factness of this one as if wanting to be very direct in