Wonderful Little 1850 Slide Lid Snuff Box with Mother of Pearl Heart and Brass Nails Decoration pennywort Leather is dry and shows

Leather is dry and shows lots of cracking

or a perfect holder for the Victorian calling/compliments cards I just listed

My guess is that he was meant to represent Uncle Sam

which add a lot of personality

Wonderful Little 1850 Slide Lid Snuff Box with Mother of Pearl Heart and Brass Nails Decoration pennywort Leather is dry and showsA complete charmer of a folk art snuff box, and happily a dated one too, with 1850 spelled (numbered?) out in tiny brass nails at the top of the tight fitting slide lid. With wonderful inlaid mother of pearl at center of the lid, framed by more nails that extend out to form crosses, and what I believe are two urns with flowers on reverse, facing in opposite directions. And with careful attention paid to the carving of the box, with nicely rounded