Charming Antique Folk Art Boot Shaped Boot Lacer on Loop fraternal horseshoe This 1911 special edition of

This 1911 special edition of Longfellow’s "Voices of the Night" features a padded white cover with great gold text and flourishes framing a river view

which also makes it look a bit like a medieval armor helmet from that side

There is one split toward to bottom of the slide top lid and another on the bottom of the box but it remains very sturdy and sound

with scuffs

You can see that the area around the top of his shirt and right arm shows loss and is quite fragile

Charming Antique Folk Art Boot Shaped Boot Lacer on Loop fraternal horseshoe This 1911 special edition ofA charmer of an antique charm, and a functional one too a boot shaped boot lacer, with "hook" that folds out to be used to pull one's laces tight. Made of brass I believe, with a bright gold toned surface on one side and silver on the other, with decorative embossed patten on the brass of the hook. I've never seen another like this, a wonderfully folky thing, perfect for stringing on a chain now and wearing as a lucky, and handy, pendant! 1 3 4" x 1 7