Amazing 19th C. Sailor Made Table Snuff Box with Rollable Dice Encased in Sole! old sock doll This one just about breaks

This one just about breaks my heart I find it so tender

(My first photo is a composite of cover and first inside page

(I believe it is made out a wood based composite patented by Hubley as"Huboid"

and 1 1/4" across at opening

J and dated February 1887 at lower right

Amazing 19th C. Sailor Made Table Snuff Box with Rollable Dice Encased in Sole! old sock doll This one just about breaksI 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