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Antique Questions Forum / Re: Help Identifying Little Metal Container

« on: October 30, 2013, 09:59:53 pm »

lol you guys are an amusing bunch. So the consensus is pretty much that I've either got a little snuff box, pill box or teeny tiny trinket box*? I suppose without any markings etc, there's not much more we can learn about it.. Shame. Still   I appreciate the help!

Renae

*Sorry KC! All fixed 

The word you were looking for was ...teeny weeny trinket box. .

Oh, no I intentionally avoided the word "weeny".. Because it most definitely would have made me laugh lol and we can't have that now....

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Antique Questions Forum / Re: Help Identifying Little Metal Container

« on: October 30, 2013, 05:41:55 am »

lol you guys are an amusing bunch. So the consensus is pretty much that I've either got a little snuff box, pill box or teeny tiny trinket box*? I suppose without any markings etc, there's not much more we can learn about it.. Shame. Still   I appreciate the help!

Renae

*Sorry KC! All fixed 

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Antique Questions Forum / Re: Help Identifying Little Metal Container

« on: October 28, 2013, 10:51:08 pm »

Hey everyone

Just to answer a couple questions: No, my mother definitely got this little box from her grandmother. Of course that doesn't necessarily indicate age, because there's no telling how recently or how long ago her grandmother picked it up. We can't even ask her, as she died several years back.

I remember seeing it on my mother's shelf when I was very young, before we moved from the old house (meaning I was about 3-4). I used to play with my mother's little trinkets on the shelf. I'm almost 23 now, so this little box is at least 20 years old haha. Sadly there are no markings anywhere on it to indicate the date it was made, what it's made of, where it was made or who made it.

I can upload a picture of the "bottom" if you'd like, but there's nothing written there. If anyone else has any ideas about this little box, feel free to chime in  

Renae

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Antique Questions Forum / Re: Help Identifying Little Metal Container

« on: October 28, 2013, 05:55:45 am »

  a response! You've made my day (or night.. rather). lol thank you for being so kind as to share some of your awesome with me.

I've had a look all over the little box, and haven't come across any markings, which is frustrating.. Someone must have made it, who doesn't at least sign their work! Obviously laziness is the culprit here 

Any chance you want to take a guess at how old it may be?

Renae

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Antique Questions Forum / Help Identifying Little Metal Container

« on: October 28, 2013, 03:00:54 am »

Hey guys

I actually just posted about this little container on another forum, only to find that apparently people there really enjoy looking at your questions.. Frustratingly none of them seem to feel the urge to offer any kind of response. So here we go again   fingers crossed.

So! I'm new to this forum, I hope to learn a lot from this place and the people here. At least it looks like people here actually talk to each other, which is always a plus  

That said, perhaps the learning can start right now! I've been given a small trinket that my mother had on her shelves for years (I remember seeing it there as a young child). I only ever really asked her about it once, and she mumbled something about her grandmother giving it to her.

Neither of us are entirely sure what it is or how old it is. I doubt it's actually worth anything (though wouldn't that always be nice? haha), but I would like to have some idea what it was used/designed for and maybe an approximate age.

It appears to be handmade, based off of the imperfections (not completely symmetrical etc) out of some sort of metal which I believe has been coated in another metal. The inlays appear to be some sort of mother-of-pearl or some other shiny part of a sea shell (quite pretty in the light). The container is pretty small, about an inch from one side to the other, though I haven't measured it.
I can't see any markings on it to indicate who might have made it or what it's made of.

It's a pretty little thing, whatever it is. Definitely looks nice on the shelf. But if anyone can answer even one of my questions, I'd be hugely appreciative.

Ta guys

Renae

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