Antique Carved Marble Shoe Shaped Ink Pen Holder cedar frog which I have not touched

which I have not touched

Photograph is in good condition

and for the  great combo of colors all together

fantastic patina of use

its bottom side

Antique Carved Marble Shoe Shaped Ink Pen Holder cedar frog which I have not touchedA nice complement to the ink blotter I just listed, this little carved marble shoe was made to hold ink quill pens, and perhaps there was once a carved marble ink well to accompany it. You know I love a carved shoe, and even better in marble. There is some faint carving on one side; I can make out "garden", which makes me think this was a folk souvenir from the Garden of the Gods in Colorado from which I have also seen a few carved marble books over