Carved Folk Art Stone Bible with Sacred Heart (With Two Small Repairs) antique schoolgirl watercolor with a square nail used

with a square nail used for punching holes in the lid in order to let the heat out

but have learned that sometimes when the leather skin came off a softball

as he stares wide eyed (those blue blue eyes

Rough top edge from where it was removed from book and a little toning around the edges but overall very good condition

make me think this is likely a mourning piece and dates to the 1860s

Carved Folk Art Stone Bible with Sacred Heart (With Two Small Repairs) antique schoolgirl watercolor with a square nail usedI keep an eye out but this is actually this first carved stone book I've found, and definitely meant to represent a bible, with sacred heart in high relief across the front. There is a finely carved border around the perimeter on both front and back as well as three rows of three lines on the spine, and what I assume are the initials of the carver, AD, at the bottom left corner of the heart, which kicks a bit in the that direction! I believe the super