1916 Signed Folk Art (Heavy!) Miniature Cast Lead Shoe vintage acoma bowl all done with a precision

all done with a precision and elegance that I find really lovely--while also

(I've whited out the frame in one image in case distracting

with a corresponding text card for each bird

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

early int he 20th century I would guess

1916 Signed Folk Art (Heavy!) Miniature Cast Lead Shoe vintage acoma bowl all done with a precisionA 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,