Carved Stone Ladies Boot, 1917 vessel with face Color-aid Corporation created its first

Color-aid Corporation created its first color guide system of colored paper in the 1940's for photographers

and I will continue to hunt for more of the like as I am completely in love with them

5 3/4" across with handles

No flaws in coiling

The bowl measures 9 1/2” across at widest and 5 1/2” tall

Carved Stone Ladies Boot, 1917 vessel with face Color-aid Corporation created its firstThis charming little silhouette carving of a Victorian style ladies' boot stands up proudly on its own, and features deeply incised then blackened detailing for the laces and across the toe, and then 1917, presumably the year of its making, on both sides. I am not entirely sure of the stone; it may be marble but I'm not quite certain. The white irregularities seem for the most part to be indigenous to the stone rather than dings to the surface, though