Antique Carved Wood Shoe Shaped Still Bank horsehair clothes brush clown himself 10 1/2" tall

clown himself 10 1/2" tall x 2 1/2" widest

this one large enough to hold all sorts of things should one want to put it to use

a studio potter born in Boston in 1936

This lovely art nouveau style free hand “hearts and vines” iridescent glass vessel reminds me of the miraculous capacities of blown glass—what a tiny wonder

Antique Carved Wood Shoe Shaped Still Bank horsehair clothes brush clown himself 10 1/2" tallI'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