Antique Architectural Ornament Mold: Leaf signed Inuit sculpture with a bit of darkening

with a bit of darkening to the boxwood (which is buttery smooth and just gorgeous) of the exterior

12 1/2" l x 6 3/4" d x 7" t at handle

I believe these date to the Civil War era

making one assume the book was passed along from one person/sibling to another: Sophia

Antique Architectural Ornament Mold: Leaf signed Inuit sculpture with a bit of darkeningI see a lot of old wooden industrial molds but only occasionally do I across across ones like this, filled with a pitch wood resin mold material, and used for casting ornaments for architecture, molding and picture frames. This is the smallest of several I'm listing, which photographs don't quite do justice (I've shot it a couple of different light situations to try to give a sense) the mold itself has a really visceral presence, feeling like a cross