Large, rough-sided antique pigment mulling stone with carved serifed letterforms decorating its sides and remains of red pigment (hematite?) along its bottom edge. Presumably a block of scrap marble from a stone carver’s shop which was smoothed and repurposed for grinding pigment for paint.
Northeastern US.
19th-century.
Chips/gouges as shown.
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