Amazing 19th C. Sailor Made Table Snuff Box with Rollable Dice Encased in Sole! old sock doll just another beautiful sculptural thing

just another beautiful sculptural thing for the shelf

and might guess they were all once part of a Miss Fanny Allen's collection

This one just about breaks my heart I find it so tender

7/8" thick

Amazing 19th C. Sailor Made Table Snuff Box with Rollable Dice Encased in Sole! old sock doll just another beautiful sculptural thingI splurged on this one, and will be more than glad to keep it for myself, but of course I have at least to share it. Feels a bit like the 19th century predecessor of a Magic 8 ball, with a round window in the toe of the sole providing a peephole view to three carved bone dice inside, which one can "roll" by shaking the shoe. Surely always lucky! Sailor made I presume, with bone buttons up the front of the boot and decorating both the center and