Antique Carved Wood Shoe Shaped Still Bank horsehair clothes brush Very good vintage condition--I'd guess

Very good vintage condition--I'd guess it dates from the 1930s or 40s--with a nice warm patina

I'd really love to have a whole bunch of these

this one large enough to hold all sorts of things should one want to put it to use

5 3/4" in diameter

I wish I knew this history of this wonderful

Antique Carved Wood Shoe Shaped Still Bank horsehair clothes brush Very good vintage condition--I'd guessI've searched but haven't found another little shoe like this one perhaps because, if it is indeed an antique coin bank as I think it is, most of them were smashed long ago to retrieve the coins inside! It seems possible that untying the lace would allow it to come apart some to empty it, but the ribbon is so old and brittle I am afraid to try it! Clearly it was made in two halves, so it would seem they might split apart, but the two sides now seem