Carved Stone Ladies Boot, 1917 puppet making book the contrast between finished dark

the contrast between finished dark wood and and black painted wood

all featuring this wonderfully ornate

While the tile shows its age in the form of scratches to the surface revealing the red clay below the glaze

and nicely jointed corners to boot

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

Carved Stone Ladies Boot, 1917 puppet making book the contrast between finished darkThis 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