Sweet Reading Monkey, Hand-carved Soapstone and Marble Bookend antique game I've photographed it in two

I've photographed it in two different lighting conditions to try to give the best sense of the sampler and details as possible

though I might frame this one

and I do think he must have been quite pleased with it

if you prefer unframed

Sweet Reading Monkey, Hand-carved Soapstone and Marble Bookend antique game I've photographed it in twoA fun one, which I do believe has a good amount of age to, and with a really great face on this monkey. And there are grids carved into the pages of his open book, as if he might be reviewing a ledger of accounts! There seems to be a fairly long tradition of carved and cast monkeys reading books, ranging from all over Asia to Italy and beyond. This oneclearly hand carved as there are carved marks all over himis the folkiest Ive seen among them for