Diminutive Old Hand-Carved Green-Gray Stone Miniature Folk Art Book antique miniature chest sore throat

sore throat

but this may be my very favorite I've found

)-- just right for a little pipe tamper that fits readily in any pocket

and with the woven textile itself with green and pink bands at bottom and hand-stitched x's up the sides holding it together

The key still works to open and close it easily

Diminutive Old Hand-Carved Green-Gray Stone Miniature Folk Art Book antique miniature chest sore throatThere are certainly much larger and fancier old marble stone carved books out there, but I like the small scale and humbleness of this one, which would be perfect as the topper of a graduated stack. Carved of a variegated stone, soapstone I believe, with incised details around the perimeters of the front and back "covers" and across the spine, with crosses at the corners and recessed "pages". Found in Lancaster County PA, late 19th early 20th century