SOLD Antique Hinged Wooden Box Filled with Small Wooden Parquetry Tiles scalloped All of the shoe-shaped snuff

All of the shoe-shaped snuff boxes I've found have been pocket sized

but it's got a really warm tone and nice weight

Surface of photo shows some scratches and wear

the jar to which the lid originally belonged was broken along the way

Just a couple of matchstick bits missing from the chimney

SOLD Antique Hinged Wooden Box Filled with Small Wooden Parquetry Tiles scalloped All of the shoe-shaped snuffA terrific old handmade box with brass hinges to begin with, and then all the better filled with a nice large lot of small, dyed wooden parquetry tiles with which one might spend hours and hours constructing geometric patterns and sprawling designs on the table. I love the soft colors of the tiles, which have quite a but of age to them, and the mix of diamonds and triangles allowing for all sorts of possibilities. I especially love the graphite