Green Victorian-Style Pump #025
A Christmas Ornament Shoe. These ornaments are a popular gift to me from my children (JA, JE, AB 2004) and my tree sports maybe 20 shoe ornaments,
This little shoe, nearly the size in the photograph, is a resin shoe from China. It’s detail is nice, including a ruffled opening and a raised buckle with a golden disk in the center. These shoes are a part of the Collection, because all gifts are accepted, especially Christmas gifts from children. The collection does not routinely acquire resin-based shoes.
This curiosity was purchased at a department discount store for less than $5.00 and has little to no collector value.
Red Fru-Fru Christmas Ornament Shoe #023
I promised early on that nearly any ’shoe’ was accepted (and proudly displayed) by the Lillian P Wood Memorial Collection. This fancy red Christmas Ornament is no exception. Suffice to say that it was a very adored Christmas present from an adored 4 year old to her adored mother. (AB in 1992)
It is really quite something, and I am grateful for a photograph for I do not want to go into much detail – understandably. It does rather creep into your Christmas-spirit-heart, though, if given half a chance.
It is a monster ornament, 4 1/2″ high (not counting feathers and beads) and 4″ long. The material is a velveteen-sort glued over heavy cardboard 
and is trimmed in gold and red braid. Also adorned with purple gathered flowers and tiny green leaf beads. The beads are actually quite cool.
I have absolutely no hard data on this curiosity, except as with all gifts from small children, it is not for sale.
Contemporary Glass Shoe Ornaments # 020 and #021
These two Christmas ornaments are very popular, made from delicate glass, often with lots of color, detail and glittery accents. This ornament has been hand-blown (or is it mouth-blown) and hand-painted.
This ornament, a women’s ‘Victorian slipper,’ is 4 1/4″ long x 1 1/4″ wide X 2′ high. It has a solid painted gold sole.
Its identifying marks are a 1/2″ gold metal heart with inscription in a fancy font, OWC and the letters OWC also marked vertically, covering the gold ornament attachment. OWC is the identifying mark for Merck Family’s Old World Christmas set of ornaments.
This is a similar style ornament, that of a high top sneaker, made by the same company, OWC.
These delcate glasses are hand painted and decorated individually.
Front of attached tag.
Back of tag.
Both of these were given to me in 2001 for Christmas presents by my son and daughter. JE gave me the slipper and JA gave me the basketball shoe (the year he graduated from high school,)
As noted on the tag, these ornaments were purchased in new condition for $7.95. They are both acquisitions for the Christmas Ornament Collection of the Lillian P Wood Memorial Collection. Country of orogin is not noted.
Christmas Ornament Hiking Boot #015
A rugged hiking boot ornament made just for the natural Christmas tree. While I have the tree up, I am raiding it for shoe ornaments. I fear there are quite a few. Mostly they are trinkets and such from my family and friends, but fun nonetheless. A collection can’t be full of only pre-1900 treasures, now can it?
The little boot is the exact size of the above photo. It has a hollow opening that goes into the boot about an inch. It is made from some type of resin which affords it with excellent detail and different textures for the light and dark ‘leathers.’
The bottom has simulated grooves and a mark stating © MMA. There is also a paper gold and black label which is difficult to decipher, but reads MADE IN PHILIPPINES. This is a recent addition, probably within the last 10 years, and a gift to me from my children. (JE, JA, AB)
This boot is part of the “Christmas Shoe Collection” which numbers 18 ornaments in all — I just counted — and except for 3 or 4, their estimated values are simply sentimental and priceless.
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