Elfinware Shoe #046
This slipper is Elfinware. It is a Dresden-like porcelain that was sold in dime stores and gift shops in the 1920s through 1940s.
The piece is decorated with raised flowers, blue forget-me-nots, a white rose, and tiny purple violets, and covered with highly textured green leafy “spinach” or “moss.”
The shoe measures 3 1/2″ long, 1 1/4″ high and 1 3/8″ wide. There are no chips or damaged flower/moss details.
The shoe is marked ELFINWARE GERMANY on the bottom.
Close-up of flowers on the upper (vamp)
The shoe measures 3 1/2″ long, 1 1/4″ high and 1 3/8″ wide. There are no chips or damaged flower/moss details.
This shoe is an acquisition of the Lillian P Wood Memorial Collection and was purchased in 1998 at auction for $30.00. The shoe’s current collector value is $65.00 to $80.00.
Information from the reference book, Collectible Glass Shoes by Earlene Wheatley, published by Schroeder Publishing, 2001 and Kobel.com. Other information was recorded from personal papers.
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Hi,I know someone who has a shoe like this but it has no markings on the bottom and seems older.
there is a pair like this on Ruby Lane for $185. they are very rare. i have a single shoe like the one above i’m about to put in my booth for $55.00 even with some chips on the little pink flowers around the main bigger flower on the toe. just FYI. it’s even cuter in person.
MY GRANDMOTHER LEFT ME A COLLECTION OF THE SAME! I THINK THERE ARE ABOUT 65? SOME ARE MARKED SIMILARLY ON THE BOTTOM. SOME ARE STAMPED BUT SOME HAVE MARKINGS(NOT STAMPED) WHICH LOOK ALOT OLDER. IM CURIOUS WHAT THE COLLECTION WOULD BE WORTH.