Terrific Old COPY Printing Block baseball counter It is the relative crudeness

It is the relative crudeness and immediacy of the carving that make it wonderful to me (and that face

I found it folded down the center line

They are in great condition and each stamped on the bottom (pressed into the clay)

The lid fits onto the pegs around the lip of the box--constructed of old wooden fruit crates--to lock into place

Terrific Old COPY Printing Block baseball counter It is the relative crudenessI pass by hundreds if not thousands of old printing blocks for every one that I purchase, and this one appeals to me on all fronts. I think it's just a beautiful object to begin with, and the font on the capital letters, outlined in copper I believe, just right for the word. I also love it for the resonance the word "copy" carries here: copy referring to content, as in text, which the word "copy" itself is, and also as in copies, which the function of