Curious Antique Snuff Box Shoe with Nails All Over dragon nutcracker I like the resourcefulness of

I like the resourcefulness of whoever cut this old street sign down to a fragment long ago

The existence in the world of things such as this that exemplify such love and care I find truly heartening

among many others

I am fairly certain it was once a marionette-style puppet

dot-less fronts that I really love

Curious Antique Snuff Box Shoe with Nails All Over dragon nutcracker I like the resourcefulness ofI'm not quite sure what to see about the decoration on this antique shoe shaped snuff box; it's a bit of a mystery to me. One often sees piqu work on pieces like this decorative work made by inlaying tiny points or pins of silver, gold or other metal but here the metal bits are irregular and not sanded down, making for a rough, snagg y surface, and there are also a fair number of unfilled holes. Maybe it was never finished, or maybe suspended in a