Diminutive Old Hand-Carved Green-Gray Stone Miniature Folk Art Book handwritten lettering as if the figure were

as if the figure were far away from mountainous landscape in the distance

scissors holder 3 1/4" long

and I believe these had been made by HIS father

30 faces of pages featuring paper weavings (weavings are adhered to both fronts and backs of pages in most cases)

Diminutive Old Hand-Carved Green-Gray Stone Miniature Folk Art Book handwritten lettering as if the figure wereThere 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