19th C. Carved Marble Folk Art Miniature Book with Red Painted Florishes antique quilt pieces which features what appears to

which features what appears to be a hand-drawn and watercolored rendering for something industrial

uneven bottom edge and and a little tearing along left edge--but still very readable and really pretty wonderful I think

taken expansively

with my favorite rounded form

19th C. Carved Marble Folk Art Miniature Book with Red Painted Florishes antique quilt pieces which features what appears toA beauty of an antique carved marble book, I think my favorite of these I've found (this one in PA), with the red painted flourished on front reminding me of painted lips about to deliver a kiss! Bright white marble, in wonderful condition, with detailing around the perimeter of front and back and across the spine. 3 3 4" x 2 1 2" x 3 4". Excellent antique condition, 19th c., with some loss to the red paint decorating the spine but the painted