A mahogany shoe snuff

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A mahogany shoe snuff
decorated with brass tack inlay and inset with pewter toe cap and heel, the sliding cover inset with a vacant pewter panel, probably English, second quarter 19th century -- 6¼in. (16cm) long
See Illustration.

Lot Essay

COMPARATIVE LITERATURE:
Edward H. Pinto, Treen and Other Wooden Bygones, Bell & Hyman, London 1969. Pages 350-351, similar examples illustrated plate 364.

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