Antique Booted Leg Threaded Finial or Pull (Doubles as a Pipe Tamper!) wounded animal or maybe just a poignant

or maybe just a poignant portrait of existential dread

and find the combination of intricacy and subtly quite exquisite

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

Antique Booted Leg Threaded Finial or Pull (Doubles as a Pipe Tamper!) wounded animal or maybe just a poignantAt 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