Wooden Shoe Form with Hooks and Laces San Pacifici vase imparting tales to the children

imparting tales to the children or grandchildren she balances in her arms

Either way

all the better for the patterns of dots and waves that animate it and the little red bow holding his hat in place

Certainly useful for the painter's among us

Kelly received his first commission

Wooden Shoe Form with Hooks and Laces San Pacifici vase imparting tales to the childrenI have not found another wooden shoe form out there with hooks and laces quite like this one. I think perhaps it was used for display in a cobbler's shop; there are hooks on both ends of it, one (easily removed) that attaches to a large brass loop, making for easy hanging. I love it as an object and would indeed be inclined to hang it on the wall. Not including the hanging loop, the wooden form itself measures 9 3 4" long x 2 3 4" wide x 4" tall. It