Wonderful Antique Carved Soapstone Ladies Leg! casket This small but substantial vase

This small but substantial vase has a great presence

which I think just adds to the appeal

with cutouts in the cardboard base for each shell -- and a dry kidney bean as well to hide underneath one of them

Pure love when I dug this drawing out from near the bottom of an overstuffed box filled with old magazine and a few other drawings by young Richard Page Thurton

Wonderful Antique Carved Soapstone Ladies Leg! casket This small but substantial vaseAmong my favorite finds of late, this beautifully carved green soapstone ladies leg, I believe likely made as a pipe tamper. Happily, her thigh terminates in a flat surface, so as to be able to display with booted foot in the air, making for a fabulous tabletop sculpture in all sorts of contexts. The form of the leg makes me believe it dates to the 2nd half of the 19th century, and the smooth green stone has accumulated a sort of gray patina over the