Pocket Watch at 2:43, Antique Copper Print Block on Wood character puppet Kellom--and the year 1880

Kellom--and the year 1880

The ball in cage measures 3 1/8" t x 7/8" w x 3/4" d

with a terrific dark dry wood patina

A nice interplay between the boldness of the butterfly (especially that gorgeous red) and the wispiness of the vine and soft pale blue buds

Pocket Watch at 2:43, Antique Copper Print Block on Wood character puppet Kellom--and the year 1880I like old print blocks that are good just as objects though this could certainly still be inked and used and clocks of all sorts always feel resonant to me: time ticking, time suspended, time carried forward from one period to another, and here a specific moment: 2: 43 and 22 seconds! (And, perhaps in a manner a bit like the question of whether the glass is half empty or half full, whether one imagines a. m. or p. m might have larger implications!) 2