1916 Signed Folk Art (Heavy!) Miniature Cast Lead Shoe pyrographed likely French (I didn't care

likely French (I didn't care that much

and they ought to be planted in vessels worthy of them

The puzzle top opens and closes through three moves--first swinging out the short top piece of the lid

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1916 Signed Folk Art (Heavy!) Miniature Cast Lead Shoe pyrographed likely French (I didn't careA 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,