Great Hand-carved Wooden Puzzle Lid Snuff Box, Signed and Dated 1776 Christmas village 24" x 8" and in

24" x 8" and in much shot-up and rusted condition

lid slides in and out smoothly and closes tight

I believe this is an antique photo of an early cut paper silhouette

here's a pair of funny faced c

with no notable dings

Great Hand-carved Wooden Puzzle Lid Snuff Box, Signed and Dated 1776 Christmas village 24" x 8" and inI found this one in Maine, purchased from a dealer who had two other 18th century (those two Dutch) snuff boxes alongside them, I am sure from the same collection. (Those two were in rough shape or I would have bought them two.) I love a wooden snuff box with puzzle lid, but often one finds them with a loss at one side that keeps them from working properly not the case here; it works just as it should. And then the happy surprise of a year written