Bone and Stone antique wooden stand I really like that this

I really like that this seashell was used as a canvas of sorts not to render a seascape

with ears long gone

and the lovely shiny black painted handle--what makes this one really special is the engraved silver ring just below the handle

and the paper is in good shape

The same hand (knife) made both

Bone and Stone antique wooden stand I really like that thisI found this bone (a vertebrae I believe) and stone together just like this, and just couldn't leave them behind. A small scale found sculpture of sorts, but which feels as if could be a model for a monumental one. Feels like the embodiment of symbiosis to me and quite satisfying. As pictured: 2" t. Bone 1 1 8" to 1 1 4" d, 1 1 4" t.