19th C. Carved Marble Folk Art Miniature Book with Red Painted Florishes antique quilt pieces with my favorite rounded form

with my favorite rounded form

Good uncleaned condition

Very good condition and structurally sound

with a couple of the red ones bordering on orange

) Wonderfully painted on every side

19th C. Carved Marble Folk Art Miniature Book with Red Painted Florishes antique quilt pieces with my favorite rounded formA 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