1916 Signed Folk Art (Heavy!) Miniature Cast Lead Shoe unique fan printed on the back of

printed on the back of this real photo postcard

that any traveler would bother to carry a chair aboard the ship

Dickie (a relative of the box owner I'd guess) who had headed a New York company during the Civil War

The is a bit of irregularity to its form

with very satisfying crusty old painted surface and carved form a bit suggestive of an arrow--making it a good one for hanging on the wall pointing toward whatever

1916 Signed Folk Art (Heavy!) Miniature Cast Lead Shoe unique fan printed on the back ofA very finely crafted miniature shoe, cast of lead, with defined tongue and laces, signed and dated on the sole, MB (or maybe MEB, with an excellent monogram), 1916. I have to think this was made by a metalworker as a whimsy of sorts perhaps as a present for a cobbler, or a businessman! but I'm not entirely sure. Clearly a lot of care was invested, and the incised signature makes me with think there can't have been many. It weighs just about a pound,