Naively Carved Marble Child's Boots shino footed bowl fleeing from the headless horseman

fleeing from the headless horseman (complete with steam emanating from Gunpowder's nostrils)

but holding fine

it's a tool that would have been used for stretching rugs as they were being installed

4" long x 7/8" wide x 1/8" thick

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Naively Carved Marble Child's Boots shino footed bowl fleeing from the headless horsemanI'd like to think these were carved not in memorial but rather in celebration of the progression of time, like bronzed baby shoes but much more expressive, and product of much more effort on the part of their maker! The form of the boots and manner of carving is quite akin to naively carved wooden boots I have occasionally found, but the effect of carving them from marble gives them a whole different sort of gravitas and it is the combination of naive