Lustreware Miniature Shoe with Laces cast iron object and complicity

and complicity

1798 engraving comes from a volume published by Friedrich Justin Bertuch

I think it is absolutely stunning

It measures 7 1/4" tall x 5 3/8" long x 3 7/8" wide

Lustreware Miniature Shoe with Laces cast iron object and complicityThere are lots of porcelain miniature shoes out there, most of them pretty fussy, but I think this lustre glazed Oxford (larger than most) rather transcends the genre. The seller I purchased it from described it as a salesman sample for shoelaces, which could be true, as one seldomly sees these with laces (and a nice choice of these pinking beige laces in combo with the caramel colored shoe I think!) I also love that there is an extra bit of porcelain