Amazing, Unusual Antique Miniature Leather Shoe with Bone Inlay horsehair barber's brush thicker in some areas and

thicker in some areas and thinner in others

lushness and boldness

quite a heartening and  satisfying thing

10 inches long

stepped in a bit from flat top of the stem

Amazing, Unusual Antique Miniature Leather Shoe with Bone Inlay horsehair barber's brush thicker in some areas andI find this miniature shoe quite extraordinary, unusual for being crafted of leather rather than wood, with no sign that it ever had a lid to function as a snuff box, and with a level of detail that suggest it may have been made as a salesman sample, with a numbered label on that bottom that might reinforce that notion (?) If not, a very very finely crafted whimsy! The leather is very hard, feeling almost like wood, but is decorated with fantastic