SOLD Deco Detailed Antique Carved Miniature Shoes in Original Gold Paint spill wooden game board is covered

wooden game board is covered with a printed green

they seem to me like human surrogates

but it is long gone--making this perhaps the perfect little vessel for holding an ice pick or two

It was not until I was photographing it that I noticed a secret surprise: visible in the first image

SOLD Deco Detailed Antique Carved Miniature Shoes in Original Gold Paint spill wooden game board is coveredTotal delight finding these like the Chrysler Building of carved miniature shoes, and in original gold paint to boot! Just fantastic detail, making them feel very architectural indeed, and also very smart and full of attitude. I do believe 1920s or so, and perhaps meant to house small pin cushions, but they feel very much complete and resolved as they are. Super. Each 2" t x 3 7 8" l x 3 4" w. Looks like an old glued repair mid way down (or up!) the