Star Brand Threads Old Hand-carved Wooden Print Block (with Print on Front) wooden and copper with some scattered surface spotting

with some scattered surface spotting to the background

I believe antique

good for slipping over a post or hanging on the wall

including auction records

I'd think maybe cut down from a larger piece

Star Brand Threads Old Hand-carved Wooden Print Block (with Print on Front) wooden and copper with some scattered surface spottingStar 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