Late 18th/Early 19th C. Sharpening Stone with Marvelously Carved, Monogrammed Cover metal teeth Text: 10 1/2" x 3

Text: 10 1/2" x 3 1/4

I found this piece at the jam packed estate sale of lifetime collectors and world travelers in Newton

Closed it measures 4 1/2" w x 6 3/4" t x 3/4" deep

great all the way around

I'd be inclined to keep it nearby to use for herding human companions

Late 18th/Early 19th C. Sharpening Stone with Marvelously Carved, Monogrammed Cover metal teeth Text: 10 1/2" x 3My favorite find of the week, in southern Maine I am completely charmed by this late 18th early 19th century American sharpening stone, singular in every way. Making use of a very irregularly shaped piece of stone, which dictated the form of everything else, it feels much akin to early fragment mirrors. The stone was fitted into a quarter sawn piece of wood (walnut?), with carved out recess to accommodate it, and then a cover was carved out with the