Nailed Heart, Hand-tooled Details, c. Early 19th Century Leather and Wood Snuff Shoe school report I found this in Maine--that

I found this in Maine--that is certainly not where it came from

some really lovely florals

This terrific pair of candlesticks was designed by Mikaela Dorfel

The first charcoal portraits date to the 1860s

which I take for a dog

Nailed Heart, Hand-tooled Details, c. Early 19th Century Leather and Wood Snuff Shoe school report I found this in Maine--thatI love a carved shoe, and especially a carved shoe shaped snuff box, but I look at a whole lot of them and mostly let them go. I purchased this and a second today on Ebay from a seller who seemed to have come into a very good small collection of them, all fine early examples I think this one c. late 1700s based on form and materials and compparison to related examples out there. A fairly unusual one, hand tooled leather rather than wood, every inch