New Puritan Lead teak mice but I personally don't mind

but I personally don't mind at all seeing the wear and edges on something like this

extending up along the edges and attached by thread wound through pierced holes

sitting and standing on his own in all sorts of positions and with nice aging to the paint

and I'd just bet Frank Baum had one

fall leaves or pinecones

New Puritan Lead teak mice but I personally don't mindSomething in the combination of text and material just spoke to me when I found these blocks of New Puritan Lead the other day in Maine, weighing in at about 8 pounds. It seems somehow rather poignant that "Puritan" and lead should be linked, perhaps as if to signify the heavy weight of the puritanical in many senses. And the font on the text seems perfectly right, declarative and unwavering. (A little bit Jenny Holzer esque too.) To my sensibilities,