SOLD Brass Ladies Leg Presumed Trench Art Shoe Horn with Garter and Engraved Details graphic design tool and would have come stocked

and would have come stocked with bandages and antiseptics

Quite a compelling little carving

some really lovely florals

this one a vintage Modern Blueprint Co

Paper size approx 11 3/8" x 8 3/4"

SOLD Brass Ladies Leg Presumed Trench Art Shoe Horn with Garter and Engraved Details graphic design tool and would have come stockedI believe this wonderful ladies leg shoe horn is a piece of trench art looks to me perhaps made from the brass of a shell casing and I would think WW1 era. With engraving detailing her shoe, a flower on her calf, and then intensive pinprick type decoration all around what I take for a garter midway up (with those spikes providing a good means of hanging this one the wall from a couple of small pins or nails.) I've certainly seen a lot of ladies legs