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I think a pill box ??
« on: April 30, 2016, 07:02:33 pm »
I found this in my mother in laws safe. I do not think it was hers. I think it was from her second husband's wife who was a antique collector. I haven't seen anything like it. I'm still looking for markings, which, I don't see. Wonder if it's familiar to anyone.
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Re: I think a pill box ??
« Reply #1 on: April 30, 2016, 07:07:04 pm »
More photos.
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Re: I think a pill box ??
« Reply #2 on: April 30, 2016, 08:45:01 pm »
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Re: I think a pill box ??
« Reply #3 on: April 30, 2016, 10:07:01 pm »
Thank you, Rauville. Strange for my mother in law to have. I just know it's not hers. She 90 and her mind is starting to go, so I couldn't really ask her. I appreciate the information, Rauville.
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Re: I think a pill box ??
« Reply #4 on: May 01, 2016, 05:21:45 am »
How big is it ??
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Re: I think a pill box ??
« Reply #5 on: May 01, 2016, 06:13:56 am »
It's about an inch long and a half inch wide.
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Re: I think a pill box ??
« Reply #6 on: May 01, 2016, 09:18:15 am »
I also believe, with Rauville, that it is a rosary box/case.
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Re: I think a pill box ??
« Reply #7 on: May 01, 2016, 11:35:24 am »
 Isn`t that kind of small for a rosary case ??  Is it possible it was a small personal snuff box ??  After all only a pinch was used !! I didn`t think pill boxes were used much before 1930 ??
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Re: I think a pill box ??
« Reply #8 on: May 01, 2016, 11:56:11 am »
Mart, I don't know much about Rosary beads. I thought it was small, too. Maybe they were for fine beads, or chain.
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Re: I think a pill box ??
« Reply #9 on: May 01, 2016, 01:33:48 pm »
The ones I have seen would not have fit in a box only an inch long !!  I have never seen a rosary on a tiny chain,,but I am not Catholic so I may be wrong !!
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Re: I think a pill box ??
« Reply #10 on: May 01, 2016, 02:19:14 pm »
Greenacres,

Rosaries came in a wide variety of sizes.  I have a tiny set that fits in a circular metal "box" or case that is the diameter of a quarter but double the thickness. The Madonna is a common decoration for a rosary box.

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Re: I think a pill box ??
« Reply #11 on: May 01, 2016, 06:06:05 pm »
Well, Blow me down !!  I was looking at the size and did not even glance at the picture !!  I guess that a rosary case is it !!  The only rosaries I have seen were much larger !!
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Re: I think a pill box ??
« Reply #12 on: May 02, 2016, 05:17:13 am »
Thank you, Pelady. I knew the picture looked identical. Thank you all for your help.
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Re: I think a pill box ??
« Reply #13 on: May 02, 2016, 05:44:27 am »
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Re: I think a pill box ??
« Reply #14 on: May 02, 2016, 08:14:32 am »
Thanks Mart.

BTW: Here's some information on Saint Therese, depicted on the case.
 http://www.littleflower.org/therese/
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