Antique Concealment Shoe Found in New Hampshire Homestead portland but no need to worry

but no need to worry about anything in between

and a nice

The taller measures 4 3/8" tall

with what looks like some yellow paint to the larger as what I imagine was a happy accident

though whether Italian or French or otherwise European

Antique Concealment Shoe Found in New Hampshire Homestead portland but no need to worryI loved finding this one, a "concealment shoe" discovered in the wall of a 1700s homestead in New Hampshire, which I purchased from a MA based dealer during New Hampshire Antiques week. With examples dating to as early as the 1300s in Europe, concealment shoes have been discovered in chimneys, under floors, above ceilings, around doors and windows, in roofs, etc, and are believed to have been placed as charms of sorts, either to protect the occupants