SOLD Brass Ladies Leg Presumed Trench Art Shoe Horn with Garter and Engraved Details terracotta plate as his legs move backward

as his legs move backward but not forward at his knees

Another little drawing from several I recently purchased together by a Charles Martin Jr

There is a fine crease that runs horizontally across the center

very fine Kutch mirror work embroidery

and then the little "call me up" snuck in at left

SOLD Brass Ladies Leg Presumed Trench Art Shoe Horn with Garter and Engraved Details terracotta plate as his legs move backwardI believe this wonderful ladies leg shoe horn is a piece of trench art looks to me perhaps made from the brass of a shell casing and I would think WW1 era. With engraving detailing her shoe, a flower on her calf, and then intensive pinprick type decoration all around what I take for a garter midway up (with those spikes providing a good means of hanging this one the wall from a couple of small pins or nails.) I've certainly seen a lot of ladies legs