Pale Green Ceramic Baby Shoe #045

This is an art pottery baby shoe from an unknown maker, circa 1940s to early 1950s.

The shoes are in excellent with no cracks, chips or crazing. Good overall glazing Measurements are 4 1/4″ long, 2 5/8″ high and 1 15/16″ wide,

This shoe was purchased at auction in 1994 for $4.00. This estimated collector’s value is $10.00.

Information from the reference book, Collectible Glass Shoes by Earlene Wheatley, published by Schroeder Publishing, 2001. Other information was recorded from personal papers.

December 28, 2007 - Posted by Bo Mackison | Baby Booties or Shoes, Lillian P. Wood Memorial Collection, Miniature Shoes, Miniature Shoes Collection, Vintage Miniature Shoes, art pottery, collections, shoe collections | art pottery, baby booties, baby shoes, ceramic baby booties, ceramic shoes, Lillian P. Wood, miniature collection, Miniature Shoes, shoe collections | 2 Comments

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Well, I just don’t believe that there could be another grand daughter out there like me. I could have written this blog. My grandmother willed her shoe collection to me in 1961 when she passed away. I was the one that dusted her collection for her and asked her about each shoe…what friend brought this one for you grandma….what’s this little note inside this shoe Grandma…My collection is around 120 miniature and glass shoes. Occasionally I see one that I have at the local flea market which gives me a chuckle. My dear, dear grandmother came from Covington, Indiana. Her life was very simple. She cleaned, washed and ironed, made two pies every Friday, always had her sisters and brothers come for Sunday dinner, and she especially loved when her friends would take a car trip and bring her back a souvenir shoe. My grandaughter has her eye on my grandmothers shoes and one day they will be hers. Thanks for posting this blog. Are you still working on this project? Judy

Comment by judy | February 5, 2009 | Reply
- I am sorting, and have good intentions to start photographing the shoes again. Life got a little hectic for awhile.
  
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Mmm. Shoes. Shoes are what’s going on.

Shoes? I don’t get it!

This is my new format for my second photo blog.

New format? How so?

Here’s the scoop. My grandmother collected miniature shoes nearly her entire life. I loved her shoe collection and would plead to ‘play’ with the shoes whenever I could. I loved each shoe so much, I would even spend the occasional Saturday morning dusting the shoe cabinet and each individual shoe. I was the only relative that showed any interest in her shoes and when she died in March, 1993 at the age of 91, she willed all the miniature shoes to me.

So there are a lot of these shoes? Just how many are we going for here? 30? 50? 75?

Not exactly. More like, uh, maybe 650.

650 miniature shoes! Really? And so now what?

So now I’m going to work on my macro photo techniques, research each of the shoes, and catalog/document them all in this blog. I’ll try to feature at least one shoe a day and I probably have enough shoes to make this a two year job. Eventually I’m going to convert this blog into a full-fledged website. That’s the long term goal.

And just who is going to visit this blog now and that website when it’s up and running?

Mmm. Me! And maybe my daughters and my best buddies. And the many miniature shoe lovers that are out there in cyberspace. Oh, and Grandma ~ she’ll be taking a peek now and then to make certain her collection is well-loved and getting well documented. Once in a while I even hear her chuckle.

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