Large Shoe Shaped Snuff Box c. 1900 vintage wax figure allowing one to stay on

allowing one to stay on top of things in wonderfully analog style

and disappears unless you are searching for it

especially for someone like me living on a coast (or just channeling the ocean)

with inlaid blue enamel accentuating the details of the koi fish

embellished with small circular mirrors

Large Shoe Shaped Snuff Box c. 1900 vintage wax figure allowing one to stay onAll of the shoe shaped snuff boxes I've found have been pocket sized, made to carry around, but this one would have stayed at home, in the parlor or library perhaps, and held a much larger stash of snuff. I like it's clean, elegant form, and it would be useful now for stashing all sorts of things. C. 1900 and with a thin coat of varnish I believe. 7 3 16" l x 2" w x 2 3 8" t and in excellent antique condition, with hinges firmly attached and opening