Deer Lodge Prison "Good Luck" Horsehair Bridle

White multi-colored Deer Lodge Prison horsehair bridle. Glass running horse rosettes on browband and running dogs on noseband encircled in horsehair. Five candy-striped round headban...

Deer Lodge Prison horsehair bridle. With running horse rosettes and dog heads on noseband. Multicolored. Double round cheek bands, flat nose and brow band. Four round headbands attac...

Four sets and two single pieces of English Victorian brass chimney ornaments or "good luck" shoes. What a lovely collection of shiny shoes don't you think? Let me tell you a little bit about them, during the Victorian period in England, it was fashionable to have a pair of "good luck" brass shoes on your mantel (fireplace), they would been given to you as a wedding gift. Two sets were definitely match stick holders...

These pointed silk slippers are beautifully embroidered with colorful bats and golden coins, symbols of happiness and good luck, and were shaped to resemble a lotus bud to enhance one's bound feet. A practice that began in the Tang dynasty and reached the height of its popularity during the Qing dynasty, foot binding was a painful process intended to make a woman's feet as small as possible by restricting bone growth from an early age. The smaller the feet the more attractive and erotic they were, giving elite women a mark of elegance and a distinctive, albeit tortured, gait of small, light steps. These beautifully preserved lotus slippers...