Fantastic 19th Century Shoe Shaped Snuff Box with Heel Opening poems --but this may be my

--but this may be my favorite yet

1 1/2" across at lip

and very structurally sound

Another lovely brush

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Fantastic 19th Century Shoe Shaped Snuff Box with Heel Opening poems --but this may be myI'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,