Silver Painted, Pin Prick Decorated, Carved Folk Art Pin Cushion Shoe personality I like the thought of

I like the thought of it set on a tiny easel and displayed alongside an arrangement of them

With a nice weight

I have to imagine these were done by a boy of 13 or so

but one might put a few battery powered candles inside to make it emit a bluish glow

I think it is quite an exquisite little thing

Silver Painted, Pin Prick Decorated, Carved Folk Art Pin Cushion Shoe personality I like the thought ofSo many shoe shaped things in the world to love, and I'm a sucker for pin prick type decoration circling a toe! It's a curious one, feeling to me one part Victorian and one part Texas, between the silver and those stars adhered to the wide pink ribbon on either side. (And really, it seems quite an apt companion to the Marie Antoinette watercolor I'm listing next!) 5" l x 1 5 8" w x 3 1 2" t. Good condition, with a nice patina of use and wear, ribbons