Antique Pewter Baby Cradle Box english snuff box and I have not inked

and I have not inked it up to try it

brown stained with a little craquelure to the finish here and there

with pointed tip as the second finger

and then given this terrific paint job

My weakness for old wooden blocks never ceases

Antique Pewter Baby Cradle Box english snuff box and I have not inkedAn unusual one, which I have tried hard to find out something about, with no luck at all, including attempts to trace the mark. A box for storing silver diaper pins? Or locks of hair? A container for a child's ashes? A mold? I really have no idea, but find it quite an evocative and slightly haunting object. Definitely pewter and I assume British, with a mark that looks to read ICH together with a lion. 4 9 16" l x 3" w x 4" t. Overall very good I