Silver Painted, Pin Prick Decorated, Carved Folk Art Pin Cushion Shoe Burmese box takes the reader through a

takes the reader through a step-by-step process of  capturing the majestic beauty of his subject

which is now gone

dark red painted boots now is quite perfect

moved it to a single store location in Boston

but I understand from the seller I purchased it from that it is signed REA and dated 1949

Silver Painted, Pin Prick Decorated, Carved Folk Art Pin Cushion Shoe Burmese box takes the reader through aSo many shoe shaped things in the world to love, and I'm a sucker for pin prick type decoration circling a toe! It's a curious one, feeling to me one part Victorian and one part Texas, between the silver and those stars adhered to the wide pink ribbon on either side. (And really, it seems quite an apt companion to the Marie Antoinette watercolor I'm listing next!) 5" l x 1 5 8" w x 3 1 2" t. Good condition, with a nice patina of use and wear, ribbons