Antique Black Lacquer Shoe Shaped Snuff Box with Mother of Pearl Inlay acorns complete with baby Jesus in

complete with baby Jesus in his crib and the star of Bethlehem shooting in the top left corner

love letters

It also seems that one could use these as candleholders--perhaps with a candle in one and matches in the other

Arabla Made in Finland on the underside

in Buffalo

Antique Black Lacquer Shoe Shaped Snuff Box with Mother of Pearl Inlay acorns complete with baby Jesus inThis 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