Late 18th/Early 19th C. Sharpening Stone with Marvelously Carved, Monogrammed Cover metal teeth I believe) tramp art box

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

and I just went back to her for a few more

Late 18th/Early 19th C. Sharpening Stone with Marvelously Carved, Monogrammed Cover metal teeth I believe) tramp art boxMy 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