Sweet Reading Monkey, Hand-carved Soapstone and Marble Bookend antique game 11 1/8” x 9 1/16””

11 1/8” x 9 1/16”” as mounted on card

" I am not entirely certain its meaning on this t-square

I thought this sweet little painting--Victorian era

Hand-thrown then trimmed and I believe salt fired

Sweet Reading Monkey, Hand-carved Soapstone and Marble Bookend antique game 11 1/8” x 9 1/16””A fun one, which I do believe has a good amount of age to, and with a really great face on this monkey. And there are grids carved into the pages of his open book, as if he might be reviewing a ledger of accounts! There seems to be a fairly long tradition of carved and cast monkeys reading books, ranging from all over Asia to Italy and beyond. This oneclearly hand carved as there are carved marks all over himis the folkiest Ive seen among them for