Amazing 19th C. Sailor Made Table Snuff Box with Rollable Dice Encased in Sole! folk art tool box with general wear to the

with general wear to the paper label on the box and to the marbles

where it has lived a very long time

sugar bowls and creamers in the 80s and 90s before closing his studio

It was someone known

has lost part of its side and is stained along the lower edge of the lid

Amazing 19th C. Sailor Made Table Snuff Box with Rollable Dice Encased in Sole! folk art tool box with general wear to theI splurged on this one, and will be more than glad to keep it for myself, but of course I have at least to share it. Feels a bit like the 19th century predecessor of a Magic 8 ball, with a round window in the toe of the sole providing a peephole view to three carved bone dice inside, which one can "roll" by shaking the shoe. Surely always lucky! Sailor made I presume, with bone buttons up the front of the boot and decorating both the center and