Antique Booted Leg Threaded Finial or Pull (Doubles as a Pipe Tamper!) antique juggling ball Tim De Christopher has been

Tim De Christopher has been carving in stone

minor dings and a few white paint spots here and there (the paint seems like it could be scraped off if desired)

which could sit on a tabletop or in a windowsill

or perhaps it will sail on by

Antique Booted Leg Threaded Finial or Pull (Doubles as a Pipe Tamper!) antique juggling ball Tim De Christopher has beenAt 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