Large Antique Carved Wooden Boot With Many Nail Buttons century of progress exhibition and a delight to draw

and a delight to draw with too

I will never tire of these

but the hand crank turns easily and it does manage to get him moving

one small hole in the cloth below the top left tree

Just for fun

Large Antique Carved Wooden Boot With Many Nail Buttons century of progress exhibition and a delight to drawI'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.