Naively Carved Marble Child's Boots porcelain bluebird and then birds

and then birds

which I believe was made to hold a pie plate

sometimes called knife or utensil boxes

She reminds me of antique Santos figures

Wear to the spine on the backside but overall pretty good condition

Naively Carved Marble Child's Boots porcelain bluebird and then birdsI'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