Large Antique Carved Wooden Boot With Many Nail Buttons for the dining table I have to think these

I have to think these were part of a card game

I really like the way the rubber has worn and color faded

charming in their red

with one wonderful detail after an other

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Large Antique Carved Wooden Boot With Many Nail Buttons for the dining table I have to think theseI'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.