Antique Black Lacquer Shoe Shaped Snuff Box with Mother of Pearl Inlay utensil tray rare vintage circa 1940s wicker

rare vintage circa 1940s wicker picnic basket set

as if he might just float like this everywhere and forever

I believe these were produced in the 1880s

are often referred to as mountain men

their faces veiled (I assume these women are nuns)

Antique Black Lacquer Shoe Shaped Snuff Box with Mother of Pearl Inlay utensil tray rare vintage circa 1940s wickerThis lovely little lacquered papier mache snuff box, with mother of pearl inlay at the center of the lid and for the buttons of the shoe, and a hinged lid, dates to the second half of the 19th century and I believe is most likely British, though possibly French. It's seen some use for sure most curiously, the sole is worn in just the way a real shoe would be, as if it has been walking around for the past 150 years or so! It still opens and closes with