Amazing 19th C. Sailor Made Table Snuff Box with Rollable Dice Encased in Sole! folk art tool box I love its roughness and

I love its roughness and the darkness of the clay body

late 19th century I believe

sugar bowls and creamers in the 80s and 90s before closing his studio

where it has lived a very long time

It was someone known

Amazing 19th C. Sailor Made Table Snuff Box with Rollable Dice Encased in Sole! folk art tool box I love its roughness andI splurged on this one, and will be more than glad to keep it for myself, but of course I have at least to share it. Feels a bit like the 19th century predecessor of a Magic 8 ball, with a round window in the toe of the sole providing a peephole view to three carved bone dice inside, which one can "roll" by shaking the shoe. Surely always lucky! Sailor made I presume, with bone buttons up the front of the boot and decorating both the center and