Lustreware Miniature Shoe with Laces Mertens-Kunst with this great snake-like handle

with this great snake-like handle terminating in a hooked end

as well as larger scale site-specific collaborations with architects and builders (including for the interior of the Eastern Airlines building at Kennedy International Airport

the body onto the base

This one measures approx 9 1/8” across  x 8 7/8" tall and is in good condition

Lustreware Miniature Shoe with Laces Mertens-Kunst with this great snake-like handleThere are lots of porcelain miniature shoes out there, most of them pretty fussy, but I think this lustre glazed Oxford (larger than most) rather transcends the genre. The seller I purchased it from described it as a salesman sample for shoelaces, which could be true, as one seldomly sees these with laces (and a nice choice of these pinking beige laces in combo with the caramel colored shoe I think!) I also love that there is an extra bit of porcelain