Naively Carved Marble Child's Boots porcelain bluebird She reminds me of antique

She reminds me of antique Santos figures

I pulled this out of a box filled with pinch pots and the like

This old hair ornament is amazing

which I believe was made to hold a pie plate

and was super excited to find them--in part because they are great looking blocks sets

Naively Carved Marble Child's Boots porcelain bluebird She reminds me of antiqueI'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