Antique Black Lacquer Shoe Shaped Snuff Box with Mother of Pearl Inlay curated textiles All the other parts are

All the other parts are here (excepting a tassel which would once have hung from his fez) and he'll slide along the string if actively pulled

and glazed a deep

it has the appearance of an arts and crafts piece

I believe the planter is made of a white terra-cotta

Antique Black Lacquer Shoe Shaped Snuff Box with Mother of Pearl Inlay curated textiles All the other parts areThis 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