Antique Concealment Shoe Found in New Hampshire Homestead portland all hand-embroidered

all hand-embroidered

but I haven't been able to find much of anything about him

and a nice

perhaps because the birds seem happier and more abundant than ever this year

Is he on his way to a secret tryst

Antique Concealment Shoe Found in New Hampshire Homestead portland all hand-embroideredI loved finding this one, a "concealment shoe" discovered in the wall of a 1700s homestead in New Hampshire, which I purchased from a MA based dealer during New Hampshire Antiques week. With examples dating to as early as the 1300s in Europe, concealment shoes have been discovered in chimneys, under floors, above ceilings, around doors and windows, in roofs, etc, and are believed to have been placed as charms of sorts, either to protect the occupants