Antique Engraved Brass Shoe Silhouette Mantel Ornament ceramic pot apparently intended to provide profound

apparently intended to provide profound thinking about the meaning of life

and no stains whatsoever that I can find

As I've written before

like this elephant

with no glue visible

Antique Engraved Brass Shoe Silhouette Mantel Ornament ceramic pot apparently intended to provide profoundFrom what I understand, brass shoe and boot silhouettes of this ilk were a Victorian era thing in Great Britain, often given as wedding gifts to be placed on the mantle and meant to bring good luck. This one, with a terrific untouched patina to the brass, struck me as an especially lovely one, and features a moveable piece at front, perhaps to be raised when good luck was especially needed??!! With pin prick engraving along the top edge and toe, and a