Carved Wooden Foot Shaped Ashtray with Copper Insert jar with pipe it feels dramatic

it feels dramatic

this one dating I believe to the late 19th/early 20th century

it measures 6" tall to top of tail and is 2

this one was designed specifically for "enabling any amateur movie maker to make professional looking titles in less than half the time it would take an expert

The box measures 1 3/8" square and 3/4" tall

Carved Wooden Foot Shaped Ashtray with Copper Insert jar with pipe it feels dramaticI'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