Thank you so much for your response. My mother was born in 1920. I do not know if it was something that was handed down to her or not. Her mother was Swedish, having come over with her parents from Sweden, and her father was Norwegian, having come over with his parents from Norway. I looked at it with a magnifying glass and did not see any markings, writing, or stamp that might help identify it, however, I do not believe the blue cotton cloth on the inside was the original lining...it looks like it was either a heavy paper or possibly leather. There are also two small spots at the top--one on each side--that look as though a chain was attached to it at one time.
