Antique Cast Iron Western Style Boots Match Safe art school exercise The post on this one

The post on this one is topped with a red ball and threaded just at the bottom end

such that I would likely just find a good place to display it--and turn it around occasionally to get a different view

2 3/4" tall x 1 1/4" wide x 3/4" deep

Just lovely

There is a hook attached to his collar on the back for hanging him up

Antique Cast Iron Western Style Boots Match Safe art school exercise The post on this oneI've found a few twins of these old cast iron boots, dating them to sometime between the 1850s and the late 1800s, when apparently they were commonly seen in saloons and cigar shops, where they functioned as match holders. I do rather love the vision of a series of them lined up along the bar in a lively saloon somewhere out west, serving up matches to cowboys! Especially fun with this pair is that the bolts that secure the boots to their iron base