Beautifully Carved Treen Cowboy Boots! hand-sculpted ) I like to think

) I like to think this is the box in which Nathaniel Hawthorne delivered the handwritten manuscript for "House of the Seven Gables" (based in Salem

exposing the insides and creating the "root-like" features seen on this one

Bliss Manufacturing Company (Pawtucket

and nicely carved

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Beautifully Carved Treen Cowboy Boots! hand-sculpted ) I like to thinkThese miniature cowboy boots were beautifully carved, giving them the feel of fine treen snuff boxes and vesta, though these have no other function than as whimsies. I am not certain of their age, and a little quick research re. the history of cowboy boots has not helped me much, but these definitely have some age and the manner of the carving make me think they are fairly old. Each measures 2 1 16" t x 2" l x 1 2" wide and they are both in excellent