Antique 19th Century Victorian Engraved Horses Pony Hoof Pewter Snuff Box 1860 Recently Added 13" wide (portrait)

13" wide (portrait)

Like fellow Philadelphian watercolorist Edmund Darch Lewis

including plaster and terracotta statues

He exported his wares to the United States through Tiffany & Co and his work rivalled that of the very finest Russian makers

Antique 19th Century Victorian Engraved Horses Pony Hoof Pewter Snuff Box 1860 Recently Added 13" wide (portrait)An unusual mid 19th century Victorian horses hoof & pewter snuff box, circa 1860. The snuff box having a hinged lid with engraved floral decoration and a curled finial to open the box, the base with a horse shoe plaform supported by a hooved leg with a fleur des lis finial. The auctual body of the box is made from a horses hoof, which may seem a little gruesome, but in reality it was more likley a memento of a loved and trusted steed! The box is in