Amazing, Unusual Antique Miniature Leather Shoe with Bone Inlay horsehair barber's brush I think it's still a

I think it's still a pretty sweet thing to do

with the two balls connected to a central post

in large part as a result of finding wonderful objects like this brass hand-shaped clip

thicker in some areas and thinner in others

lushness and boldness

Amazing, Unusual Antique Miniature Leather Shoe with Bone Inlay horsehair barber's brush I think it's still aI find this miniature shoe quite extraordinary, unusual for being crafted of leather rather than wood, with no sign that it ever had a lid to function as a snuff box, and with a level of detail that suggest it may have been made as a salesman sample, with a numbered label on that bottom that might reinforce that notion (?) If not, a very very finely crafted whimsy! The leather is very hard, feeling almost like wood, but is decorated with fantastic