Antique Architectural Ornament Mold: Leaf signed Inuit sculpture 12 1/2" l x 6

12 1/2" l x 6 3/4" d x 7" t at handle

making one assume the book was passed along from one person/sibling to another: Sophia

with a bit of darkening to the boxwood (which is buttery smooth and just gorgeous) of the exterior

or as a gift to a dear daughter on the anniversary of her arrival in the world

Antique Architectural Ornament Mold: Leaf signed Inuit sculpture 12 1/2" l x 6I see a lot of old wooden industrial molds but only occasionally do I across across ones like this, filled with a pitch wood resin mold material, and used for casting ornaments for architecture, molding and picture frames. This is the smallest of several I'm listing, which photographs don't quite do justice (I've shot it a couple of different light situations to try to give a sense) the mold itself has a really visceral presence, feeling like a cross