Curious Bread Shaped Carved Soapstone Slab (Warming Stone for Toasty Toast?) iron snake which I am quite confident

which I am quite confident is Inuit

all hand-painted

7" x 4 1/4" x 1/2"

or maybe stick into to the neck of a bottle or vase like a flower

Curious Bread Shaped Carved Soapstone Slab (Warming Stone for Toasty Toast?) iron snake which I am quite confidentI found this at an antiques show in New Hampshire neither the dealer nor I had seen another like it, and neither of us was certain of its purpose. With old scald marks on it, though, surely it was made for heating I personally like the idea that it was custom made for keeping the buttered toast (or grilled cheese sandwich!) warm! (I also really like the embedded pun a toasty piece of toast!) Maybe more likely a pocket warmer for a large pocket or to