Antique Two Piece Treen Snuff Box + Match Safe in the Form of a Boot color form puzzle 8" tall x 6 1/2"

8" tall x 6 1/2" wide (with dress spread flat)

as if in motion

is a math problem calculating the number of days a man was idle considering that he made $37

gold-painted flying bird on the corner of the box

The duck itself is 16" long and 1/4" thick

Antique Two Piece Treen Snuff Box + Match Safe in the Form of a Boot color form puzzle 8" tall x 6 1/2"I 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