Carved Folk Art Stone Bible with Sacred Heart (With Two Small Repairs) Nootka basket There is a pencil note

There is a pencil note dating it to 1870 on the 3rd inside page

he seems very much as if he just hopped in from the garden

I might just pin it straight to the wall from the top corners of the linen

It could be that the mirror was replaced at some point but I am not certain

Carved Folk Art Stone Bible with Sacred Heart (With Two Small Repairs) Nootka basket There is a pencil noteI keep an eye out but this is actually this first carved stone book I've found, and definitely meant to represent a bible, with sacred heart in high relief across the front. 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 what I assume are the initials of the carver, AD, at the bottom left corner of the heart, which kicks a bit in the that direction! I believe the super