Curious Bread Shaped Carved Soapstone Slab (Warming Stone for Toasty Toast?) iron snake I would guess a long

I would guess a long time ago

though there might be a few lost nails

deer departing

all hand-painted

the painting is not mounted to a backing sheet

Curious Bread Shaped Carved Soapstone Slab (Warming Stone for Toasty Toast?) iron snake I would guess a longI 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