Antique Booted Leg Threaded Finial or Pull (Doubles as a Pipe Tamper!) jacks set Julian Weir

Julian Weir

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

In excellent shape and just gorgeous

Pure delight to find this the other day in Concord

I believe they were intended for children

Antique Booted Leg Threaded Finial or Pull (Doubles as a Pipe Tamper!) jacks set Julian WeirAt 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