Beautifully Shaped Stone (Tool?) with Incised 1843 danish porcelain to discover it is a

to discover it is a (hefty

16 3/4" x 6 1/16" x 6" t

One small loose drawing held inside pages

the only flaw is a few white paint drips on the front of the owl

very lovely thing-- a gift to a Betty S

Beautifully Shaped Stone (Tool?) with Incised 1843 danish porcelain to discover it is aI really don't know if this stone served a function, though I have to think that it did it has too long and smooth of a bottom edge, and fits too perfect in one's grip not to have been used for something! And one has to imagine that the J. D who took the time to carefully caved his initials and the year 1843 into it did so because it was an important thing to him. I am sure someone out there can identify the use my grabbing it (and not letting it go)