Antique Concealment Shoe Found in New Hampshire Homestead intense with just minor surface loss

with just minor surface loss here and there

that are cut slightly shorter than the rest

and while I have certainly seen other old German Erzgebirge houses and villages and Noah's arcs

and with a pencil drawing of a pirate on the back

though leans a little to one side

Antique Concealment Shoe Found in New Hampshire Homestead intense with just minor surface lossI loved finding this one, a "concealment shoe" discovered in the wall of a 1700s homestead in New Hampshire, which I purchased from a MA based dealer during New Hampshire Antiques week. With examples dating to as early as the 1300s in Europe, concealment shoes have been discovered in chimneys, under floors, above ceilings, around doors and windows, in roofs, etc, and are believed to have been placed as charms of sorts, either to protect the occupants