Antique Booted Leg Threaded Finial or Pull (Doubles as a Pipe Tamper!) jacks set it seems to me the

it seems to me the small bag of colored paper bits may be stand ins for printed money

I believe they were intended for children

the cottage is very much a character in this story

with plenty of glue stain around the edges of the drawing and scattered stains

Pure delight to find this the other day in Concord

Antique Booted Leg Threaded Finial or Pull (Doubles as a Pipe Tamper!) jacks set it seems to me theAt 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