Poetic (and Anthropomorphic) 19th Century Wooden Bootjack with Hanging Hole Worn Through etched printers plate quite a thing

quite a thing

but the fourth has a perfect unused set inside

from how to treat elders to how to take care of fingernails and clean teeth

and all are in very good condition

or Artemis of Ephesus

Poetic (and Anthropomorphic) 19th Century Wooden Bootjack with Hanging Hole Worn Through etched printers plate quite a thingFound 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