Curious Old Carved Green Marble Obelisk with Various Symbols student achievement medal This bowl radiates joy--everything about

This bowl radiates joy--everything about it feels absolutely right

and at top right it the edge of a lace curtain

There are about 32 samples in one of the books and 18 in the other

and understand that they were railroad signs--I'd guess this one signaled "caution" with stop ahead

And on the flip side

Curious Old Carved Green Marble Obelisk with Various Symbols student achievement medal This bowl radiates joy--everything aboutThings like this intrigue and delight me with their primitiveness and earnestness and sense of purposefulness that seems now rather mysteriousness and unknowable. Found in Maine, certainly it was a folk creation maybe, with heart dangling on what might be taken for a chain on one side, a valentine of sorts, or maybe an offering to the gods in hopes of love! What's going on the other sides is a bit less clear, but looks rather like hieroglyphics, and