Soapstone
Soapstone is a mineral that was used for foot warmers or griddles because of its heat-retaining properties. Soapstone was carved into figurines and bowls in many countries in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Most of the soapstone seen today is from China or Japan. Green Mountain Soapstone Corporation is the largest supplier of soapstone to the United States. It is still being carved in the old styles.
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Category Pattern or Item Description Year Priced Soapstone Block Stamp Red Dragon Top Chinese 5 x 2 In. 2011 Soapstone Bookends Foo Dog Pedestal Base Chinese Late 19th Century 9 x 3 In. 2011 Soapstone Bowl Translucent Mottled Flared Chinese 1 3/4 x 3 7/8 In. Pair 2011 Soapstone Carving Group Lohan Qilin Late Qing Dynasty Chinese 8 In. 2011 Soapstone Carving Pagoda In Mountain Landscape Figures On Bridge Chinese 8 1/4 In. 2011 Soapstone Figurine 2 Women Facing 20 x 21 x 4 1/2 In. 2011 Soapstone Figurine Bamboo Bird Temple Carved 13 1/2 x 6 1/2 In. 2011 Soapstone Figurine Eve & Serpent Carved Signed William Cross 8 1/2 x 7 1/2 x 3 In. 2011 Soapstone Figurine Fat Matilda Carved Signed William Cross 21 1/2 x 9 In. 2011 Soapstone Figurine Joseph Carved Signed William Cross 8 x 5 1/2 x 4 In. 2011 Soapstone Figurine Longevity Man Children Carved Chinese 5 In. 2011 Soapstone Figurine Moses Carved Signed William Cross 11 1/2 x 7 x 7 In. 2011 Soapstone Figurine Seal With Cub 11 x 24 In. 2011 Soapstone Seal Chilong Recumbent Honey Color Boulder Form Inscribed Wu San Ba Chinese 1 1/4 In. 2011 Soapstone Stamp Amber Carved Mountain Scene 2 Buddhas Egg Shape Chinese 3 In. 2011 Soapstone Vase Red Carved Flowers Chinese 6 1/4 In. 2011 Soapstone Brush Pot Horse, Under Pine Tree, Relief Carved, Pierced Base, Asia, 6 In. 2010 Soapstone Censer Qilin Form, Chinese, 20th Century, 7 1/2 In. 2010 Soapstone Figurine Boulder, Carved Figures, Pine Trees, Green To Brown, Chinese, 6 In. 2010 Soapstone Figurine Foo Dog, Chinese, 4 1/2 In. Pair, 2010 Soapstone Figurine Goddess Of Mercy, Standing, Holding Scepter, Chinese, 19th Century, 19 In. 2010 Soapstone Figurine Kwan Yin, Holding Flowering Staff, Deer, Wood Stand, 20 1/2 In. 2010 Soapstone Figurine Lohan, Seated, At Ease, Holding Ruyi Scepter, Chinese, 3 1/2 x 4 1/4 In. 2010 Soapstone Figurine Men Under Pine Tree, Mountain Landscape, Chinese, 6 1/2 x 7 In. 2010 Soapstone Figurine Mountain, Village, Pine Trees, Pierced Base, Chinese, 20th Century, 7 x 12 In. 2010