Fantastic 19th Century Shoe Shaped Snuff Box with Heel Opening Brandon stoneware vase with just a couple of

with just a couple of loose/broken pieces of grass at the very outside edge

the board on which it is mounted measures 9 3/8" x 7 3/8"

This hand-painted porcelain bisque Minnie dates to the 1930s

Marked on bottom "Hand Made by David Heger N

filled with what looks like a large philadendron leaf

Fantastic 19th Century Shoe Shaped Snuff Box with Heel Opening Brandon stoneware vase with just a couple ofI'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,