Carved Wooden Shoe Shaped Snuff Box European wood carved figure 9 1/2" tall x 8

9 1/2" tall x 8 1/4" across at widest diameter

Fairly good overall condition

made by King Press

and I've collected--and sold-a lot of bud vases

Carved Wooden Shoe Shaped Snuff Box European wood carved figure 9 1/2" tall x 8There are some very fancy little antique shoe shaped snuff boxes out there with all sorts of inlays and flourishes, but I love the relative humility of this one (and its great silhouette), with just some sweet decorative detail carved into the pointy toe and a short heel at the other end. There is some old hand written cursive text on the bottom of the box, I believe in pencil, but it is very faint and I am unable to read it; I do believe this little