Antique Two Piece Treen Snuff Box + Match Safe in the Form of a Boot curiosity. and this may be my

and this may be my favorite of them yet

Thoth was often represented in the form of a man's body with the head of the Ibis and was the patron of the educated scribes who were responsible for the administration of Egypt

art deco-influenced modern vase was designed by Margareta Hennix for Gustavsberg (Sweden) in the 1980s

First quarter of the 20th century British and unused and done in black ink with a little blue (with white polka dots

Antique Two Piece Treen Snuff Box + Match Safe in the Form of a Boot curiosity. and this may be myI am a sucker for an interesting snuff box, and also for a carved boot or shoe (including boot shaped vesta), but I've never seen all of these rolled into one, as is this case with this wonderful, very old and very well done piece. The upper of the boot is itself a vessel, meant to hold matches, and lifts off of the the shoe shaped piece below, revealing it as a vessel as well, for holding snuff. Both stand on their own, then fit back together to