Very Old Carved Boot with Iron Nails, Presumed Pipe Tamper folk art wooden doorstop The bottles and stoppers are

The bottles and stoppers are all in great shape

with great graphics

And really I might be tempted to extract the former from the notebook to frame it--to admire the mast head-like "Single Fellows" so beautifully lettered

still in excellent condition but with a gorgeous patina

but I am not certain if British or American

Very Old Carved Boot with Iron Nails, Presumed Pipe Tamper folk art wooden doorstop The bottles and stoppers are(Hard to photograph because that black paint absorbs all the light so I set it atop a block, which maybe helps a bit.) I believe this is quite an early carved boot American I believe, and earlyish 19th c. I would guess and I believe it was meant to function as a pipe tamper. I really love the form, very folky and a little awkward, but also with this great high heel. And I especially love the old iron nails that run both down the front and around the