Curious Bread Shaped Carved Soapstone Slab (Warming Stone for Toasty Toast?) modern architecture this one a bit minty-er

this one a bit minty-er than arts and crafts

A strange one

This planter has about the most beautiful form I can imagine

but he had not identified its maker

Curious Bread Shaped Carved Soapstone Slab (Warming Stone for Toasty Toast?) modern architecture this one a bit minty-erI found this at an antiques show in New Hampshire neither the dealer nor I had seen another like it, and neither of us was certain of its purpose. With old scald marks on it, though, surely it was made for heating I personally like the idea that it was custom made for keeping the buttered toast (or grilled cheese sandwich!) warm! (I also really like the embedded pun a toasty piece of toast!) Maybe more likely a pocket warmer for a large pocket or to