Earlyish 19th Century Lacquered Snuff Box in Tortoiseshell Paint wooden sword I'll never tire of stone

I'll never tire of stone fruit but am picky about the pieces I like

The dark brown

this would be great hung on the wall

Box shows wear and a couple of repairs as documented

I can almost hear him chatting away

Earlyish 19th Century Lacquered Snuff Box in Tortoiseshell Paint wooden sword I'll never tire of stoneI'm glad for tobacco in the sense that it gave rise to so many lovely snuff boxes to love now. And with so many produced in such variety, quite a nice and endlessly rewarding! thing to collect. It's the cumulative effect of shape and scalloped lid and lacquered surface on this one that does it for me making the hinged, papier mache box look not just like tortoiseshell, but in fact rather like the shell of a tortoise (as if his head and tail might