Coming and Going: Old Double Handled Door Piece early penmanship notebook as if the figure were

as if the figure were far away from mountainous landscape in the distance

and terrific warm dry wood patina

8 1/2" widest diameter x 6 3/4" tall

I believe it is an old saddle maker’s vise —it would have been attached to a bench with a lever below

Early 20th century

Coming and Going: Old Double Handled Door Piece early penmanship notebook as if the figure wereOne more found object for the week, which I find hugely satisfying for some reason, I think as a wonderfully succinct distillation of ideas of coming and going and crossing thresholds, with a spring stretching down one side of it for some added tension! The turned nobs themselves are beautiful too, one extending further than the other as if gesturing forward (or backward) with extra determination. I would hang this on the wall just as I've documented