Solar Tip Shoes Antique Victorian Tradecard, c 1881 turned wood antique clothes pin 6 1/8" across at widest

6 1/8" across at widest x 3 1/2" tall

or balls in cages--they show infinite variety and reflect the skill and personality of their maker

The body and wings feature incised / pressed textural feather details

It would also be easy to remove the mirror and use as a picture frame

Solar Tip Shoes Antique Victorian Tradecard, c 1881 turned wood antique clothes pin 6 1/8" across at widestI just love the graphics on this John Mundell & Co antique trade card for its "Solar Tip Shoes" patented in 1878 and at the time this card was produced "now used for more than three years" including by all "eleven hundred students at Girard College, Philadelphia, PA" and delivering "entire satisfaction usually mended twice, often four times, before they are worn out." I'm not quite sure what is "solar" about the tip, but I really love the peekaboo