Antique Odd Fellows Copper Printing Block with Scull & Crossbones, Eye, Links Persian hunter on horse 5-1/2 inches tall

5-1/2 inches tall

to a minuet for piano by Erik Satie

The carving is just fantastic

Structurally solid

This is a rare first edition copy of "The Artistic Crafts Series of Technical Handbooks: Writing & Illuminating & Lettering

Antique Odd Fellows Copper Printing Block with Scull & Crossbones, Eye, Links Persian hunter on horse 5-1/2 inches tallI think this little antique printing block is super cool! It came from the archives of Mitchell C. Lilley (1819 1882), the Ohio based bookbinder and publisher of Masonic and Odd Fellows books who, in 1865, founded M. C. Lilley & Co, which would produce a whole line of military and fraternal swords, uniforms, accessories, and equipment. This copper printing block featuring scull and cross bones, encampment tent with all seeing eye, and FLT links was