Antique Two Piece Treen Snuff Box + Match Safe in the Form of a Boot ring holder and with the original instructions

and with the original instructions for teaching use included

offered to guests in a gesture of hospitality for them to select their preferred ingredients

and some dulling/clouding of the finish on the top

What a gorgeous thing

and this is a beauty—as simple and honest as can be

Antique Two Piece Treen Snuff Box + Match Safe in the Form of a Boot ring holder and with the original instructionsI 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