#111

Mid-19th Century "Old Woman Who Lived in a Shoe" Presentation
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Description
10" (25 cm.) A slipper-shaped "house" with black silk cover and blue silk interior,has an arrangement of tiny Grodnertal wooden dolls,including the 2" mother and twelve 1" children,each with original simple silk costumes; on the lid of the slipper house is the poem "there was an old woman who lived in a shoe..." written in a tiny ink script. Excellent condition. English,with Grodnertal dolls,circa 1850,a charming presentation that is all original.