Miniature Red Silk Georgian Slipper Brooch Festival Charming red and black leather

Charming red and black leather bag from the 1940s in perfect condition

the bright colours of this plastic game (made in Hong Kong) offered interesting possibilities

I tried hard to get it to work but it was beyond repair

It hangs from a blue and black striped ribbon

Miniature Red Silk Georgian Slipper Brooch Festival Charming red and black leatherThis little antique red slipper with it's tiny cream tassle is really old. It is handmade and was used to hold a thimble back in the Georgian times when many ladies did a lot of sewing. I have in turn, sewn it onto an oval background and edged with beads to give it a new lease of life as a brooch as it's far too pretty to be hidden away in a cupboard, sewing box or dawer.