Carved Stone Ladies Boot, 1917 modular earrings I love the bright eyes

I love the bright eyes and clasped hands of the four figures facing us

" I believe they date from the mid-20th Century

but revealing the hand of its maker through small imperfections here and there

Not sure the age on these little porcelain trays

My guess is that it is Japanese

Carved Stone Ladies Boot, 1917 modular earrings I love the bright eyesThis charming little silhouette carving of a Victorian style ladies' boot stands up proudly on its own, and features deeply incised then blackened detailing for the laces and across the toe, and then 1917, presumably the year of its making, on both sides. I am not entirely sure of the stone; it may be marble but I'm not quite certain. The white irregularities seem for the most part to be indigenous to the stone rather than dings to the surface, though