SOLD Deco Detailed Antique Carved Miniature Shoes in Original Gold Paint early campbells soup can which I'd just treat as

which I'd just treat as a found sculpture and set on the shelf

worn down in spots but with plenty of texture to make it useful as a match striker still

And what a chock lot of patterns and styles going on

The roman numerals of the dial appear to have been incised then darkened in graphite

SOLD Deco Detailed Antique Carved Miniature Shoes in Original Gold Paint early campbells soup can which I'd just treat asTotal 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