Miniature Cast Iron Cobblers Form (?) on Wooden Post mid-century notebook just simple and lovely

just simple and lovely

wider hips

Scratches and dings all over

with social distance now the norm

and now one of my very favorite finds ever

Miniature Cast Iron Cobblers Form (?) on Wooden Post mid-century notebook just simple and lovelyLike many things I find great, I'm not quite totally sure the purpose of this one! The cast iron shoe form piece measures just shy of 3 inches long, so seems small even for a baby shoe, so perhaps it was used by a doll maker, though why the tread on the bottom I'm not sure either; perhaps it was all about making tracks? In any event. with this wonderfully aged old wood "leg", I think it's a pretty cool object, and a nice and heavy one, which perhaps