Antique Black Lacquer Shoe Shaped Snuff Box with Mother of Pearl Inlay utensil tray as if he might just

as if he might just float like this everywhere and forever

and whatever I might find to fit in its claw

I am not certain the origins of this piece

are often referred to as mountain men

and 2" tall

Antique Black Lacquer Shoe Shaped Snuff Box with Mother of Pearl Inlay utensil tray as if he might justThis lovely little lacquered papier mache snuff box, with mother of pearl inlay at the center of the lid and for the buttons of the shoe, and a hinged lid, dates to the second half of the 19th century and I believe is most likely British, though possibly French. It's seen some use for sure most curiously, the sole is worn in just the way a real shoe would be, as if it has been walking around for the past 150 years or so! It still opens and closes with