Solar Tip Shoes Antique Victorian Tradecard, c 1881 turned wood antique clothes pin The slots are shallow--for flat

The slots are shallow--for flat handled utensils

Maybe it's me

The body and wings feature incised / pressed textural feather details

The vase measures 8 5/8" tall x 3 1/2" in diameter

Solar Tip Shoes Antique Victorian Tradecard, c 1881 turned wood antique clothes pin The slots are shallow--for flatI just love the graphics on this John Mundell & Co antique trade card for its "Solar Tip Shoes" patented in 1878 and at the time this card was produced "now used for more than three years" including by all "eleven hundred students at Girard College, Philadelphia, PA" and delivering "entire satisfaction usually mended twice, often four times, before they are worn out." I'm not quite sure what is "solar" about the tip, but I really love the peekaboo