Carved Wooden Foot Shaped Ashtray with Copper Insert antique box This would be great hanging

This would be great hanging in the kitchen for keeping a grocery or to do list

with leaves interspersed

" Of course once the patent for Shredded What expired in 1912

Really just a lovely little piece

There is a knick in the wood on the upper right corner and wear in that area

Carved Wooden Foot Shaped Ashtray with Copper Insert antique box This would be great hangingI've found some other carved wooden feet like this one that served as ashtrays, but I haven't found one with a removable copper ashtray fitted and set on top. I think it is possible that the insert was custom made at a later date for this particular foot, which I found at an estate sale in Acton, MA in a house filled to the brim with a lifetime's accumulation with all sorts of wonderful things! I'd guess the foot itself is Southeast Asian in origin