SOLD Deco Detailed Antique Carved Miniature Shoes in Original Gold Paint large piggy bank with some scattered spotting/toning

with some scattered spotting/toning

and it makes me really happy to think of a young Paul drawing this just for Mildred many many years ago

Some wear to the box including a stain and  "Peterson" written on the front

Robitaille is first and foremost a bird carver--shorebirds

coming to the room of Ruth Sutton and Clara Fisk (both fantastically rendered

SOLD Deco Detailed Antique Carved Miniature Shoes in Original Gold Paint large piggy bank with some scattered spotting/toningTotal 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