and a little loss along the side of the base too
all to the good I think as it makes a nice and easy pocket or sleeve for a book or notebook or love notes now
11 13/16 x 10 x 3/4 and in good
and find the combination of intricacy and subtly quite exquisite
Fat old hand-forged nails all over including an exuberant big cluster of them on one short side
Antique Booted Leg Threaded Finial or Pull (Doubles as a Pipe Tamper!) wounded animal and a little loss alongAt first I thought this was a pipe tamper, but there is a threaded opening at the thigh end, so I am pretty certain it was made as a finial or perhaps even a cabinet pull. (With a little searching, I find 19th c. cane handles in a very similar form and manner.) Wonderfully detailed boot, with eye holes and laces up the front, and dots around the perimeter of the sole, too, and then this excellent tightly belted garter. No mark that I can see, mixed