Fantastic 19th Century Shoe Shaped Snuff Box with Heel Opening poems made in Taiwan

made in Taiwan

and banded sgraphitto (incised) decoration around the shoulders

Four pages total - front

1 1/2" across at lip

Fantastic 19th Century Shoe Shaped Snuff Box with Heel Opening poems made in TaiwanI'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,