Antique Carved Wood Shoe Shaped Still Bank made in America and banded sgraphitto (incised) decoration

and banded sgraphitto (incised) decoration around the shoulders

For its age

I just love the specificity of the imagery

Perhaps it is especially because I keenly identify with this clumsy child

The Times of London

Antique Carved Wood Shoe Shaped Still Bank made in America and banded sgraphitto (incised) decorationI'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