1916 Signed Folk Art (Heavy!) Miniature Cast Lead Shoe vintage acoma bowl finely made cross-stitch on heavy

finely made cross-stitch on heavy linen pillowcases feature grids of wonderfully detailed images: figures engaged in a variety of activities (a gardener sowing seeds

which date to 1890 or so and were manufactured by Moore & Calvi Tobacco Company

with a corresponding text card for each bird

early int he 20th century I would guess

1916 Signed Folk Art (Heavy!) Miniature Cast Lead Shoe vintage acoma bowl finely made cross-stitch on heavyA 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,