Beautifully Crafted Miniature Wooden Table miniature shoe form I have to think this

I have to think this boy and dog was done after a 18th century painting by Gainsborough or Bartholomew Dandridge or someone similar among which there are smartly dressed boys and dogs aplenty

Really singular

The poem reads: "Now safe returned from dangers past / With joy I hail the shore / And fear no more the tempests blasts / Nor oceans angry roar

though very sad that this wonderful yellow airplane should go up in flames

but I think it is really wonderful

Beautifully Crafted Miniature Wooden Table miniature shoe form I have to think thisA perfect little thing, which someone clearly invested a lot of love in making quite a long time ago I believe look at those beautifully joints connecting the legs to the table top! Pencil marks on the underside show some careful planning, and it looks that the legs themselves were whittled. Lovely, and a great pedestal for a favorite little carved bust or figure I'd say. 3 1 4" wide and deep; 3" tall. Very good, nicely aged condition, with a little