Antique French Hand Carved 6.5" Long Shoe or Boot Snuff Box, Pique, Earliest 19th Century antique sculpture no more entire home redecorating

no more entire home redecorating that will incorporate this panel as a headboard

thick wheel-engraved and faceted glass bowl slips into the dore bronze and ormolu casement

meaning to just oil the wood without getting any on the painting and

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Antique French Hand Carved 6.5" Long Shoe or Boot Snuff Box, Pique, Earliest 19th Century antique sculpture no more entire home redecoratingThere is a wonderful tiny boutique on a tiny street near St. Paul's in the Marais, Paris, where for decades I have visited every trip just to look at the shoe and boot snuffs (and their very elevated prices). One might think they're not as rare as they are the gentleman who's kept the boutique for a lifetime is perhaps the single most prolific collector. Always fun to compare his with the ones I've found over my long lifetime of collecting them. Based