Carved Marble Alter with Mirror and Praying Bisque Figures in Niches ladies leg horseshoe plus charts of common logarithms

plus charts of common logarithms

with a few bits of glitter here and there (maybe acquired along the way)

quite a wonderful piece of history

sketchbook and watercolor box in hand

Carved Marble Alter with Mirror and Praying Bisque Figures in Niches ladies leg horseshoe plus charts of common logarithmsI'm not entirely sure what to make of this one, but I love it a carved marble, tabletop scale sort of shrine or alter, with mirror atop and bisque figures populating its niches, all of them praying. I was told Vermont marble and that the figures were antique Bennington (white ones would be called Parianware I believe) but I'm not sure they could have been made to look older than they are? Whatever the case, a satisfying sort of tabletop architecture