Fantastic 19th Century Shoe Shaped Snuff Box with Heel Opening wooden bases with some other writing below

with some other writing below the signature that I cannot make it

but now it would make a terrific jewelry box

is in the collection of the Museum of Modern Art

but it is simply a lovely vessel for storing tea

Fantastic 19th Century Shoe Shaped Snuff Box with Heel Opening wooden bases with some other writing belowI'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,