Wonderful Little Brass Foot Whatsit green glaze A simple but very nicely

A simple but very nicely done old whimsy chain

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but I think it is quite extraordinary

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Wonderful Little Brass Foot Whatsit green glaze A simple but very nicelyHonestly, I have no idea what this is, or what it would have been used for! I thought perhaps a stamp for a wax seal, except that there is nothing engraved on the flat end. Perhaps it was a gift to a shoemaker, though I'm still not sure why it would have the handle on it? In any case, it's a pretty great object, nicely made, I might think by a jeweler, and heavy for its size. To me it has a bit of a Carl Auboch feel, and the brass is so bright and