Large Antique Carved Wooden Boot With Many Nail Buttons for the dining table and then one discovers that

and then one discovers that the vessel's interior is glazed a beautiful blue-green--such a lovely

I have to think these were part of a card game

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with the instruction that on fair days the woman should be turned into the sun

Large Antique Carved Wooden Boot With Many Nail Buttons for the dining table and then one discovers thatI'm never quire sure with a carved boot of this near full sized scale whether it was a folk creation or a cobbler's display piece, but whatever the case, all those tiny nails running up the length of the front, as if just waiting to be laced, really do it for me. There's a corresponding trail of nail punched holes (recesses) running along side them, and more of the same decorating the toe and sides. Nicely carved heel too. 8" l x 5 1 4" t x 2 3 8" w.