Carved Folk Art Stone Bible with Sacred Heart (With Two Small Repairs) antique schoolgirl watercolor but am not 100% certain

but am not 100% certain of that attribution

with a square nail used for punching holes in the lid in order to let the heat out

as he stares wide eyed (those blue blue eyes

make me think this is likely a mourning piece and dates to the 1860s

Carved Folk Art Stone Bible with Sacred Heart (With Two Small Repairs) antique schoolgirl watercolor but am not 100% certainI keep an eye out but this is actually this first carved stone book I've found, and definitely meant to represent a bible, with sacred heart in high relief across the front. There is a finely carved border around the perimeter on both front and back as well as three rows of three lines on the spine, and what I assume are the initials of the carver, AD, at the bottom left corner of the heart, which kicks a bit in the that direction! I believe the super