Wood block....stamp? Embossing?

I have no clue what this is but it is intriguing on so many levels. I am hoping someone can enlighten me.....?!?! I hope I uploaded files correctly

 

Hmmmm, like an early silkscreening type thing?

 

I have image searched, googled wood blocks, patterned wood blocks, etc. for two days and didn’t get anything like that or an answer....lol

 

Once again I am humbled, honored and appreciative of this website....Thank You!!!! I have to check out all the links in the thread yet... I’m just guessing but the type of screw is got me thinking 50’s-60’s...any guesses or knowledge rather?

 

Somewhere (Youtube ?) I saw a video of somebody hand carving one of those - it was pretty amazing.

 

I'll be darned, that was it - Yep, and it was Youtube also -

 

I have nothing more to add beyond the previous links. I think determining age would be difficult, as they have been made in the same way for a very long time. Slotted screws have been made and used for at least 200 years.

 

You are welcome. Just glad to find the site up again. I was getting server error messages earlier today, and was beginning to suffer Antiquers withdrawal.

 

Some are still made as tourist pieces. That, with the fineness of the carvng and the metal, looks older. Early 20th.