$30.60 $34.00
✨ Cabinet Curiosity #180: The Double Shoe Emergency Handle
Curated for modern nerds and old souls.
Imagine being a vintage folk artisan turning a smooth wooden dish on your lathe. You have spent hours painting vibrant, cheerful floral swaths in butter yellow, robin-egg blue, and fiery red. You get to the very end of the process, look at the bare wooden lid, and ask yourself a critical design question: "Should I add a normal, sensible knob?"
Absolutely not. Normal knobs are for amateurs.
Instead, you drill two tiny holes, thread a piece of golden cord through the lid, and attach two hand carved wooden shoes to act as a dual pull-handle. Whenever you need to open your trinket box, you literally hoist the lid by a pair of tiny wooden shoes that have never taken a single step in their lives.. It is whimsical, delightfully absurd, and maximum cottagecore.
While the circular ink stamp on the underside has faded into a mysterious vintage secret, the bold hand painted florals and sculpted wooden shoes give off undeniable Eastern European and Scandinavian folk art charm. It is compact, incredibly charming, and ready to guard your rings, secret notes, or spare keys on your vanity.
Item Type: Round Lidded Wooden Folk Art Trinket Box / Jewelry Dish.
Feature: Dual hand-carved wooden shoe lid pull on a braided cord string handle.
Design & Style: Hand-Painted Floral Motifs in Yellow, Blue, Red, and Green; European Folk Art Style.
Materials: Turned Wood, Paint, Fiber Cord.
Markings: Faded circular ink stamp on bottom along with vintage pencil marking ("104").
Dimensions: Approx. 4 inches diameter x 2.25 inches tall (including shoe handle).
Condition Details:
Lid & Paint: Visible surface scratches, scuffs, and scattered paint loss across the lid and red rim edges consistent with authentic vintage handling.
Carved Shoe Pulls: Surface rubbing, paint wear, and small rough or chipped spots on the wooden shoes.
Rope Pull: Cord is aged, darkened, and slightly frayed, but fully intact and functional.
Base: Underside shows surface scratches, light wood staining, vintage pencil writing, and a faded illegible circular stamp.
Overall: Paint colors remain vivid and bright with a gorgeous aged patina throughout.
Because these items have lived past lives, they arrive with authentic character consistent with their age and previous use. The items have been cleaned and freshened whenever safe, but their original environments remain unknown. Since scent perception is subjective, buyers with extreme sensitivities may choose to give items a light wipe upon arrival.
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