Lovely Antique Carved Miniature Boot with Brass Nail Inlay rounded box JUST FANTASTIC

JUST FANTASTIC

and a pig…) but always with a very particular look and a definite homeliness that makes them very endearing—and  of course I’ve come to feel the more wounded and distinctive the better

Made of a hard composite/bakelite

is written the name Wm

I have found a few other examples

Lovely Antique Carved Miniature Boot with Brass Nail Inlay rounded box JUST FANTASTICJust a delightful carved whimsy of sorts, which I love in the same way I love an antique boot shaped snuff box, especially for those tiny brass tacks nailed in one by one, running around the toe and then up the front as eyelets with hand drawn laces in between. Charming. 3" l x 2 1 2" t x 3 4" d and in very good condition, with a little dryness to the wood, which I have not touched.