This is a wonderful antique carved marble book paperweight probably made in Italy about the early 1900's era.
This piece is made to look like a book and measures about 2 7/8" wide and about 3 1/4" tall with a thickness of about 7/8".
This is done in a dark green variagted color marble for the front and back covers and the spine area is done in black with lines of a wavy brown thru the marble.
The inner area that resembles pages is an off white that could use some light cleaning.
There are 2 spots of damage that are a chip at the top area of the spine and also a small chip on the base of the spine area..
Weighs about 11 ounces!
This is a beautiful old piece and has been in my family for many years!
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