Pocket Watch at 2:43, Antique Copper Print Block on Wood equestrian Leather of bellows detached from

Leather of bellows detached from wood base on the back side

fur-trimmed coat

and I think this is a good one

has holes all around the perimeter that would have been threaded with twine or yarn in order to keep the slate from banging on the surface of a school desk--thus chalkboards like this are often called "silent" chalkboards

Hand-forged

Pocket Watch at 2:43, Antique Copper Print Block on Wood equestrian Leather of bellows detached fromI 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