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Miniature Figurine, Fairy Castle
Specifications
Miniature Figurine, Fairy Castle
Category
Art, Architecture, and Design
Classification
CHENHALL - Communication Objects - Arts - Visual Arts - Sculpture - Statue - Figurine
CHENHALL - Communication Objects - Arts - Visual Arts - Sculpture - Miniature
Object Origin
1928-1935
Physical Characteristics
Object Description: Miniature gold figurine of an old female figure in a shoe. The head and upper body of the female figure is visible emerging from the shoe's opening. The front face of shoe is hinged and opens to reveal the rest of the female figure. There is a spherical knob at the front center of the shoe, allowing the shoe front to be opened. There is a decorative pattern engraved on the sides of the shoe and a ring attached to the toe.
gold
Measurements: Object:
Height: 0.5 in, Length: 0.8 in, Width: 0.3 in
Credit
Gift of Colleen Moore, 49.129.297
Display Status
On Exhibit
Miniature Figurine, Fairy Castle
About: Miniature Figurine, Fairy Castle
About: Miniature Figurine, Fairy Castle
Sitting on a bookshelf in the Library is a gold-colored figurine of an old woman inside a shoe. The figurine represents the children’s nursery rhyme “There was an Old Women Who Lived in a Shoe.”
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