Antique Black Lacquer Shoe Shaped Snuff Box with Mother of Pearl Inlay mechanical sculpture to essays on the work

to essays on the work of diverse artists (painter Charles Pequin

I believe the figures are carved of wood and glued inside

they still refer to as "the most beautiful chair in the world

hand-embroidered face

Antique Black Lacquer Shoe Shaped Snuff Box with Mother of Pearl Inlay mechanical sculpture to essays on the workThis lovely little lacquered papier mache snuff box, with mother of pearl inlay at the center of the lid and for the buttons of the shoe, and a hinged lid, dates to the second half of the 19th century and I believe is most likely British, though possibly French. It's seen some use for sure most curiously, the sole is worn in just the way a real shoe would be, as if it has been walking around for the past 150 years or so! It still opens and closes with