Salesman Sample Shoe and Boot Collection, with Boxes, as Found patinated brass no notable chips or cracks

no notable chips or cracks that I see

with sort of a scalloping to the walls of the cage

but one would never miss it

When I found them

and just a marvelous carving--which I take as a tender portrayal of the love of a mother for her child (and determination to use a slingshot or any other means necessary to protect him

Salesman Sample Shoe and Boot Collection, with Boxes, as Found patinated brass no notable chips or cracksFelt like Christmas finding the whole lot of these together the other day at an antiques shop on the New Hampshire coast. I think the two pairs of rubber boots and three pairs of galoshes are the oldest of the lot, with the tall rubber boots, and one pair of galoshes marked Candee, which places them late 19th early 20th century. Then an array of hard plastic mens dress shoes in a spectrum of colors and with a variety of labels, some pairs and some