Late 18th/Early 19th C. Sharpening Stone with Marvelously Carved, Monogrammed Cover two-toned horsehair I found these two together

I found these two together in Kansas City

All as evident and documented

A perfect little planter

but think if wielding a wooden one on occasion helps to get some aggression out

Late 18th/Early 19th C. Sharpening Stone with Marvelously Carved, Monogrammed Cover two-toned horsehair I found these two togetherMy 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