Victorian Treen Shoe with Nail and Pin Prick Dedication French words So curious

So curious

but I am not 100% certain

While the sale was loaded with other (mostly much larger) paintings and sculptures by him

with the cutout letters and eggs about 3/8" thick on top of that

The wheels do turn by hand but it doesn't really roll

Victorian Treen Shoe with Nail and Pin Prick Dedication French words So curiousAnother lovely treen shoe, this one made not as a snuff box but perhaps as a pin cushion, though if so all traces of that are long gone or maybe just as a love token of sorts, as there is a dedication on the sole, spelled out in pin pricked holes. I love the blue paint against the varnished wood, and of course all of those little nails giving pattern to the toe and sides, and especially the larger nails marching up the front, the tails of which one