Naively Carved Marble Child's Boots black and white cat I have a hard time

I have a hard time resisting a sweet old wooden pull toy

and most of all

8 x 10 3/8”

quietly smiling

and happily

Naively Carved Marble Child's Boots black and white cat I have a hard timeI'd like to think these were carved not in memorial but rather in celebration of the progression of time, like bronzed baby shoes but much more expressive, and product of much more effort on the part of their maker! The form of the boots and manner of carving is quite akin to naively carved wooden boots I have occasionally found, but the effect of carving them from marble gives them a whole different sort of gravitas and it is the combination of naive