Wooden snuff box shaped like a shoe, with carved and incised decoration and a hole in the top. Used as a lucky charm. [SM 20/01/2011]

Collection type: Object
Description: Wooden snuff box shaped like a shoe, with carved and incised decoration and a hole in the top. Used as a lucky charm. [SM 20/01/2011]
Long description: Wooden snuff box shaped like a shoe, with carved and incised decoration and a hole in the top. Used as a lucky charm. The shoe is decorated with carved leaves on the sides, a heart on the front and incised cross hatching on the front. [SM 20/01/2011]
Geographical reference: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Europe > Northern Europe > United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland; England London
Cultural groups: English
Person: Field collector Edward Lovett; PRM source Wellcome Institute; PRM source Wellcome Historical Medical Museum
Date / Period: Date made: Before 1916
Date collected: By 1916
Acquisition information: Transferred: 1985
Materials and processes: Material Wood Plant, Process Carved, Process Incised
Dimensions: Height: max 38 mm, Width: max 25 mm, Length: max 90 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1985.51.129 Other numbers: K A 51889 R 9611 AM

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