Sweet and Unusual Old Carved Boot Pipe Bowl! picket fence shelf To me they feel close

To me they feel close kin to the old silver foil and reverse painted scalloped glass signs that have come so precious

Hand-drawn in ink

teeth bared

the stripping of context statuette-ing also lends a certain sense of vulnerability and exposed-ness--one wants her to land in the right place

or as tools of some other sort

Sweet and Unusual Old Carved Boot Pipe Bowl! picket fence shelf To me they feel closeA very sweet old carved wooden boot, because I think one can never have too many carved boots and shoes but then this one is a pipe bowl, to boot! About as basic as it gets in terms of pipe bowls just a hole in the heel that goes through to the interior but with lovingly incised detailing at the toe, around the sides, and up the front as lacing holes. 3" l x 1 3 8" w x 1 13 16" t. Late 19th very early 20th c, nice dry patina, good condition.