Dave has hand carved Hitty this footstool with her initials "H.P." with a rose and leaf motif. The upper foot rest is bone, and the base is carved from elk antler. This beautiful footstool measures 2 5/8 inches long by 1 inch wide, and stands 3/4 inches high.
This beautiful footstool is for sale on our website.
In Hitty’s storybook novel “Her First Hundred Years”, her travel adventures included sailing the seas on the whaling ship Diana-Kate. During her time at sea, a sailor made Hitty a footstool made of bone which became one of her treasured keepsakes.
Well, Dave was a sailor and he has made several styles of bone and ivory footstools for Hitty off and on since about 2007. Several of his carved bone footstools included Rose and Leaf motifs. His latest design is a true Whalers Bone Footstool with a carved sperm whale and whale tail accents. It is approximately 2 5/8 inches long by 1 1/8 inch wide by 1 1/8 inch high.
This unique Hitty footstool can be purchased on our website.
Dave has just finished these miniature carved bone footstools for three proud HittyGirls. After one of the group members got hers, several others just had to have one for their Hitty!
Many of you already know that Dave carves Hitty dolls and Hitty accessories from time to time and this bone foot stool is his latest work done on commission. He has done several bone and ivory Hitty footstools in various styles. For those of you that are not familiar with the storybook of Hitty's First 100 years, while she was sailing aboard the whaler Diane-Kate, the sailors carved her a "bone footstool". There is no description of the footstool so Dave takes artistic license when he creates these charming miniature footstools. Hitty stands 6 1/4 inches tall. This miniature bone footstool is approx 2 5/8 inches long by 1 1/4 inches wide by 1 1/4 inch high.