Star Brand Threads Old Hand-carved Wooden Print Block (with Print on Front) wooden and copper and also the fact that

and also the fact that the one he loves looks quite androgynous--in my mind perhaps adding another layer to the "I can not give thee up

I'd think maybe cut down from a larger piece

with some scattered surface spotting to the background

heavy and sturdy

just exquisite--like the hushed floor of the forest distilled into the perfect object

Star Brand Threads Old Hand-carved Wooden Print Block (with Print on Front) wooden and copper and also the fact thatStar Brand thread was a brand of the American thread company, founded in late 19th c., with several large plants in New England that operated until the 1970s, including one in Milo, Maine. I'm not sure if this print block was used for printing advertising signs or for internal signage or what, but this is definitely the Star Brand font and I'd guess the carved wood block, and the print made from it and adhered to the flip side, date to the 1930s or