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Baby Bootie with Silk Flowers 028
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I have no recall of purchasing this shoe, but our family did visit Epcot in 1986, so it is possible it was a purchase then. My only question is the price. Could this really have only cost $1.50? Actually it probably did. I canada goose black friday 80 off keep forgetting that 1986 was 21 years ago.
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Antique Baby Bootie, circa 1890 027
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Most of the bootie has a very fine diamond pattern. The vamp is horizontally ribbed as is a 3/4 vertical line at the center https://www.dvu-nds.de back. This shoe was made in amber, sea green (nearly a blue) and pale green and several other colors. It measures 4 1/8 long, 2 1/2 high and 2 wide.
On the sole, The toe (lower half in below photo) is hollow and the heel is solid. There are no identification markings or stampings on the sole of the shoe.
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This shoe is in excellent condition, showing only the expected minute scratches in glassware this age. It was an acquired shoe of the Lillian P Wood Memorial Collection and was purchased by BP in September of 2000 at Delafield Antique Center in Delafield, WI. Purchase price was $45.00. Estimated value in 2007 is $100.
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This ornament, a women slipper, is 4 1/4 long x 1 1/4 wide X 2 high. It has a solid painted gold sole.
Its identifying marks are a 1/2 gold metal heart with inscription in a fancy font, OWC and the letters OWC also marked vertically, covering the gold ornament attachment. OWC is the identifying mark for Merck Family Old World Christmas set of ornaments.
This is a similar style ornament, that of a high top sneaker, made by the same company, OWC.
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Opalescent Fenton Cat Slipper 013
This cat slipper is canada goose outlets uk a new release from the Fenton Glass Company. uk canada goose sale Although this is similar in color to the Vaseline glass, it does not have uranium in it patent ingredients; it has magnesium. This does flouresce, but very weakly. Some Vaseline collectors include any flourecing item as collectible. In this collection only the Vaseline with a make up of 2% uranium sulphates is marked as Vaseline.
canada goose uk outlet In 1970 the carnival cat slipper was introduced and all the shoes were marked with a label instead of a pressed sole logo. This is referred to in the Fenton catalog as Cat Slipper 5290. This was the third design of the cat (or kitten) slipper to be made; the first was the daisy and button design and the second was the hobnail pattern, as seen on shoe 012. canada goose uk outlet
The two photos below show more detail of the cat. It head at canada goose emory parka uk the frot top of the shoe, curling forward and down, and its extended front paws.
Another close up of the detail.
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This shoe was purchased as a gift acquisition for the collection and was not owned by Lillian P. Wood. It was purchased in Mineral Point, WI in 2004 by the current owner. Valued at $10.00; with label intact, $12.00 to $15.00.
canada goose coats Information from Fenton Glass: The Third Twenty Five Years by William Heacock, published by The Glass Press, 1994. Other sources were: personal records; Collectible Glass Shoes by Earlene Wheatley, published by Schroeder Publishing, 2001; and Shoes of Glass 2 by Libby Yalom, published by The Glass Press, 1998 canada goose coats.
