Small Container

Anyone know what this is? It's very small, in one of the pics is a nickel for size reference. It's 10.3 grams. Doubt anyone could find the date.

 

Snuff box?
Or a box for what we would call, in perfect Dutch, a 'mouche' or 'tache de beauté' (beauty spot/mark?)?

 

The nickel. Davey, you know your coins, I haven't been anywhere near a nickel since 1982. Translation please?

I was thinking it would be hard to get a pill out of those rounded sides. Or you'd have to turn it upside down and everything would spill on the floor. In my case anyway (clumsy).

 

From a different part of the world, your box is British, but it reminds me of Sumatran (Indonesia) chalk boxes:

 

It looks simillar to a perfume pendant. You could dab a little bit of perfume ointment with a finger to place under your nose when you need to mask the surrounding smells. Maybe you already said this with the above replies. I'm not famillar with those terms.

Kevin

 

I don't think it's a pendant, there's nowhere for a chain or anything to hang onto.

 

Typing in "antique pill box" shows similar stuff such as below so my money's on pill box .


You know what I just realised as I was typing this? It's the exact same thing! The only difference is location of the three hallmarks, which I did not even spot in the first place! (how did I miss it? )
http://cdn.og-cdn.com/lg/727882/antique-embossed-silver-pill-box.jpg

According to the above website:

Mine is 1902.

 

Thanks! I would never have found info about it if I didn't know to use the words "pill box" in the search.

 

Sorry about that, I don't know where you guys are from. It's about half the size of a golf ball.

 

Thanks. Don't worry, you're not the only one who forgets this is an international forum.
I am in The Netherlands, Davey is in Britain. We have people here from Australia, different parts of the Americas, Asia, Africa and Europe. Still waiting for someone from Antarctica (mad scientist maybe?), then we'll have all continents covered.

 

that's even worse as most folks here don't play golf......

 

Davey...what about the 43, 44 , steel penny......?
one would think the copper and silver of the nickel were also in wartime demand...
I'm confused...

 

That's what I thought, but I used to play golf...

 

Thanks, Davey. And thank you for taking my age into account (gulden/guilder).
Haven't quite gotten used to euros yet, it's only been 16 yrs, or so.
A nickel would be about the size of a stuiver:

 

war is hell........