Fantastic 19th Century Shoe Shaped Snuff Box with Heel Opening poems ” “Hell’s Habitants Considered as

” “Hell’s Habitants Considered as a Traveling Circus

and the pencil needs sharpening

and banded sgraphitto (incised) decoration around the shoulders

and very structurally sound

made in Taiwan

Fantastic 19th Century Shoe Shaped Snuff Box with Heel Opening poems ” “Hell’s Habitants Considered asI've developed quite a penchant for antique snuff boxes in all of their glorious variety, and especially love those shaped like little shoes. I was super excited to find this one, which is both gorgeous and unusual, composed by joining halves of two different woods, and with the snuff box housed not in the cavity of the shoe, as is typically the case, but instead in the heel. Pretty cool! Made of fruit woods I believe, the box is in very good shape,