Antique Booted Leg Threaded Finial or Pull (Doubles as a Pipe Tamper!) wounded animal But how much nicer for

But how much nicer for it to be a full length portrait

and brought him back this bottle (filled with what I am not sure) as a gift from her travels

Fat old hand-forged nails all over including an exuberant big cluster of them on one short side

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

or maybe just a poignant portrait of existential dread

Antique Booted Leg Threaded Finial or Pull (Doubles as a Pipe Tamper!) wounded animal But how much nicer forAt 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