19th Century Punched Tin Pie Safe Panel #2 carved boot with laces I can't not bring home

I can't not bring home things like this

including around the edges of the bottom black-painted wood piece

but it was fun to unpack the box she sat atop to find Emma Ozarth's many Rawlings Junior High momentos

With a satisfying recessed lip and nicely detailed applied handle

19th Century Punched Tin Pie Safe Panel #2 carved boot with laces I can't not bring homeOne of two of these antique hand punched tin panels listed today, found together in inland Maine, and which just struck me as really lovely, especially with light coming through from behind. These would have been panels in an old pie safe, with the punched holes allowing for air flow. I love the patterns, here what I believe would properly be described as a fylfot at center, and what I would descibe as curtained corners. 14" x 10 1 8". Very good