Large Carved Boot, Antique Table Snuff Box wooden bear made to carry around

made to carry around

"eloquence is the companion of peace"

This is a really sweet old wirework little plant stand or rack

who thought it European

but I'm using the term to describe this wonderful carved envelope anyway

Large Carved Boot, Antique Table Snuff Box wooden bear made to carry aroundThis is the second table snuff box I've found, which from what I understand would be kept at home and used for sharing with company, as opposed to the smaller ones one more commonly sees and which were carried around in a pocket. It's not a fancy one, but I love the form, and it would be quite useful now for housing stashes of various sorts and making a pretty good hiding place I'd think if placed up on a shelf! I'm terrible identifying woods but this