Old Woman in a Shoe Vintage Charm 1969 with hallmarks for Edinburgh 1997

with hallmarks for Edinburgh 1997

and one approximately 1

The Victorians were mightily sentimental and loved to sneak semi-obscured messages and hidden meanings into jewelry and other everyday objects

with the added unique flair of each arm of the band curling around the centre old Euro diamond like gently scalloped arms in the embrace of a bypass ring

Simply dramatic and effortlessly sophisticated

Old Woman in a Shoe Vintage Charm 1969 with hallmarks for Edinburgh 1997Though the nursery rhyme that tells of the old woman who lived in a shoe and had so many children she didn't know what to do has some iffy origins and less savory versions, this funny little charm takes it on with aplomb. The exterior of the shoe house is lovely and detailed, with a little roof and chimney and window near the heel while the interior is comically unfinished, as though the manufacturer made an articulated charm that opens but just