Victorian Boot with Red Tip Limoges Box

A Victorian boot with a red tip and painted flowers recalls the buttoned footwear of the 1800s in a small porcelain form. Hand-painted in Limoges, France, it is a Limoges box with a period feel.

Laced Up in History

Victorian ladies' boots were known for their high, fitted shape and fine detailing, and this piece captures that silhouette. The red tip adds a bright accent at the toe, while the floral painting softens the whole design.

Footwear From a Bygone Age

• Victorian boot form with a red tip
• Floral painting along the boot
• Fits a shoe, Victorian or antique style collection

On the Parlor Shelf

Give this to a costume historian, a reenactor, a friend who loves period dramas, or a collector of antique shoes. It looks right at home on a parlor table with lace doilies, in a curio cabinet beside a pocket watch or cameo, or among other Victorian boots in a row. Shown with a few Victorian pieces, it suggests a whole wardrobe from another century.

Porcelain Since the 1700s

Limoges has been a porcelain center since the late 1700s, after kaolin was found near Saint-Yrieix-la-Perche. The town's boxes are still painted by hand after the white porcelain is fired.