Poetic (and Anthropomorphic) 19th Century Wooden Bootjack with Hanging Hole Worn Through etched printers plate and all are in very

and all are in very good condition

4 1/2" x 2 3/4" and in very good condition

which operated there for more than 25 years

much played with but all the better for it I think

but the fourth has a perfect unused set inside

Poetic (and Anthropomorphic) 19th Century Wooden Bootjack with Hanging Hole Worn Through etched printers plate and all are in veryFound in southern Maine this week, I think this is really beautiful, and quite poetic, too. It is a 19th century bootjack, which was used so much that the hanging hole at the narrow end wore all the way through, leaving that open curve. I love the primitive elegance of the resulting form, which also reads like a body, arms (or open mouth, or claw) extending from one end, legs from the other. And turn it over, there's a face! The wood itself shows a