Nailed Heart, Hand-tooled Details, c. Early 19th Century Leather and Wood Snuff Shoe black in I believe indigenous to it

I believe indigenous to it

8 5/8" t x 7 7/8" (base is 7" long) x 1 1/2" d (at base)

or maybe just as a love token of sorts

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

Nailed Heart, Hand-tooled Details, c. Early 19th Century Leather and Wood Snuff Shoe black in I believe indigenous to itI 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