Antique Booted Leg Threaded Finial or Pull (Doubles as a Pipe Tamper!) antique juggling ball Tim De Christopher has been

Tim De Christopher has been carving in stone

overlapping the the front and joined with a nail

it would be a fun one to hang from a couple of nails snaking across the wall

and beautifully carved

well worn and wonderfully primitive

Antique Booted Leg Threaded Finial or Pull (Doubles as a Pipe Tamper!) antique juggling ball Tim De Christopher has beenAt 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