Nailed Heart, Hand-tooled Details, c. Early 19th Century Leather and Wood Snuff Shoe black in Really a charming piece in

Really a charming piece in terrific shape--useful still as a string holder

What most draws me to antique school slates are the histories they carry

Albumen paper print: 9 7/8" x 7 3/4"

And The Contrast

and exuberance

Nailed Heart, Hand-tooled Details, c. Early 19th Century Leather and Wood Snuff Shoe black in Really a charming piece inI love a carved shoe, and especially a carved shoe shaped snuff box, but I look at a whole lot of them and mostly let them go. I purchased this and a second today on Ebay from a seller who seemed to have come into a very good small collection of them, all fine early examples I think this one c. late 1700s based on form and materials and compparison to related examples out there. A fairly unusual one, hand tooled leather rather than wood, every inch