Sculptural Vintage Brass Clock Movement antique mahogany chest Filled with a big bloom

Filled with a big bloom or branch or two

And then perhaps best of all

but it is well stuck on and I'm leaving it alone

with the surface of the wood left as was to define the darker color of his vest

after the wind blew away the chaff

Sculptural Vintage Brass Clock Movement antique mahogany chest Filled with a big bloomThis just struck me as a really satisfying, sculptural thing when I found it, and also a mesmerizing one, as when one flicks the wire hanging down at the back, it sets that top cog, and more slowly the one below it, turning. (a very short video is included in photos, which I hope will work.) I love the star shapes at lower front in combination with the cogs, and the uniform gold shine to all of the brass, and how it makes one think about the mechanics