SOLD Antique Handmade Folk Art Knife with Carved Boot Handle vintage Peruvian There is a fair amount

There is a fair amount out there about Beverland

maybe originally a spice tin but which has definitely served its announced purpose--I found it full of buttons and will include them if you'd like 'em

all embody variations on a theme

Carved of wood and painted the perfect orange with white nd black spots

and would still certainly do the job of sweeping off the table or countertop--though I'd be much more inclined to hang it on the wall

SOLD Antique Handmade Folk Art Knife with Carved Boot Handle vintage Peruvian There is a fair amountQuite a patina on this very old one. I love the gestural shape of the flat blade, with notch that maybe identifies it as a paring knife (?), but of course it's especially about the carved boot of a handle for me, much much handled and blackened from use (and maybe it got a bit too close to the fire once or twice, too.) Seems maybe earlier than later 19th c. American to me, including based on the shape of that boot, though I am no knife expert, and