Carved Marble Alter with Mirror and Praying Bisque Figures in Niches antique gift box often in the form of

often in the form of “whitework” - white thread on white cotton

terrific patina

with a slightly different disposition on each side

which may be original to the material/the making of the carvings

Carved Marble Alter with Mirror and Praying Bisque Figures in Niches antique gift box often in the form ofI'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