Antique Carved Wood Shoe Shaped Still Bank turquoise glaze I've become a huge fan

I've become a huge fan of these old wooden Czech "ramp walkers

its body is painted a deep teal green animated with thousands of tiny dots in yellow

(There is a second shino-glazed bowl I purchased along with this one

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Antique Carved Wood Shoe Shaped Still Bank turquoise glaze I've become a huge fanI've searched but haven't found another little shoe like this one perhaps because, if it is indeed an antique coin bank as I think it is, most of them were smashed long ago to retrieve the coins inside! It seems possible that untying the lace would allow it to come apart some to empty it, but the ribbon is so old and brittle I am afraid to try it! Clearly it was made in two halves, so it would seem they might split apart, but the two sides now seem