The quietest of the boulders in the 1848–1899 run: matte, near-black, handbuilt into a knuckled stone whose oval mouth opens at a tilt. No veins, no washes, no glints — just dimpled dark walls and a gritty interior in its single photo. A stone at rest.
What makes it a boulder? The closed, rock-like body with only a small tilted mouth — the run’s signature form, worn here with nothing added. Piece 1887 of 10,000, listed at $18.87.
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