SOLD Deco Detailed Antique Carved Miniature Shoes in Original Gold Paint large piggy bank It contained a smoking room

It contained a smoking room

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

(At the end of photos is a photo of a 1986 page from Maine Antiques Digest documenting a similar crewelwork purse believed to have been owned by John Richardson of Townsend MA--sold along with a small watercolor of a house for $9900

*Peter Roe

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

SOLD Deco Detailed Antique Carved Miniature Shoes in Original Gold Paint large piggy bank It contained a smoking roomTotal 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