Carved Stone Ladies Boot, 1917 puppet making book another shaped like a bare

another shaped like a bare foot

all featuring this wonderfully ornate

which is part of what I think makes it feel so special

and nicely jointed corners to boot

Carved Stone Ladies Boot, 1917 puppet making book another shaped like a bareThis charming little silhouette carving of a Victorian style ladies' boot stands up proudly on its own, and features deeply incised then blackened detailing for the laces and across the toe, and then 1917, presumably the year of its making, on both sides. I am not entirely sure of the stone; it may be marble but I'm not quite certain. The white irregularities seem for the most part to be indigenous to the stone rather than dings to the surface, though