Earlyish 19th Century Lacquered Snuff Box in Tortoiseshell Paint wooden sword I believe it is a

I believe it is a Tagua nut that was carved to make this little head

I can almost hear him chatting away

8" wide with arm extended

and even a tiny figure I assume represents a dwarf (as well as a man with a very large belly

this would be great hung on the wall

Earlyish 19th Century Lacquered Snuff Box in Tortoiseshell Paint wooden sword I believe it is aI'm glad for tobacco in the sense that it gave rise to so many lovely snuff boxes to love now. And with so many produced in such variety, quite a nice and endlessly rewarding! thing to collect. It's the cumulative effect of shape and scalloped lid and lacquered surface on this one that does it for me making the hinged, papier mache box look not just like tortoiseshell, but in fact rather like the shell of a tortoise (as if his head and tail might