Large Carved Boot, Antique Table Snuff Box Bennington potters spoonrest or pig--weighs in at about

or pig--weighs in at about 3 1/2 pounds

I definitely think these two need to stay together

and those mustached profiles do look rather French to me

There are a few nails holding the back of the frame closed but it could use a few more

but I am not 100% sure

Large Carved Boot, Antique Table Snuff Box Bennington potters spoonrest or pig--weighs in at aboutThis is the second table snuff box I've found, which from what I understand would be kept at home and used for sharing with company, as opposed to the smaller ones one more commonly sees and which were carried around in a pocket. It's not a fancy one, but I love the form, and it would be quite useful now for housing stashes of various sorts and making a pretty good hiding place I'd think if placed up on a shelf! I'm terrible identifying woods but this