Carved Marble Alter with Mirror and Praying Bisque Figures in Niches miniature wooden objects and I find cloth measuring

and I find cloth measuring a handy thing to have around for measuring circumferences

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 quite a marvelous job she did  capturing its intricately woven construction

Though carved of wood

I think he was a really good painter

Carved Marble Alter with Mirror and Praying Bisque Figures in Niches miniature wooden objects and I find cloth measuringI'm not entirely sure what to make of this one, but I love it a carved marble, tabletop scale sort of shrine or alter, with mirror atop and bisque figures populating its niches, all of them praying. I was told Vermont marble and that the figures were antique Bennington (white ones would be called Parianware I believe) but I'm not sure they could have been made to look older than they are? Whatever the case, a satisfying sort of tabletop architecture