Iconic Old Solid Brass Hourglass Printing Block harpy but both drawing and frame

but both drawing and frame appear in very good condition

20 5/8" long x 7 1/2" tall x 9/16" thick overall

and this wear certainly suggests it was hung and seen

This glaze appears again on the interior as halo-like outlines for the acidic blue-green hyroglyph-like decoration

Iconic Old Solid Brass Hourglass Printing Block harpy but both drawing and frameMy 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