Lovely Old Hand Soldered Brass Dodecahedron printmaking roller 1900 I believe--is a good

1900 I believe--is a good one

12" long x 5 1/2" tall x 3/4" thick

making them feel real rather than idealized:)

The way this one has aged amplifies all that makes her great I think

but with no notable chips or cracks at all that I can see

Lovely Old Hand Soldered Brass Dodecahedron printmaking roller 1900 I believe--is a goodThe seller I purchased this from thought it may have been made as a practice or test piece by a metalworker long ago, which seems plausible to me; it was clearly made from one piece of brass, with a wonderfully imperfect seam where the edges were soldered together. (It is hollow inside.) Whatever the case, certainly it was done by hand and I believe has quite a bit of age to. To me it is satisfying in the way that antique geometric solid blocks are,