Maitland Smith box

Anyone know anything about this box? what its made of, used for, age? Google searches have seemed to have failed me.

 

I don't know how to add a photo, the upload file button doesn't seem to work

 

box1 by Jared S posted Jul 16, 2017 at 2:00 PM

box2 by Jared S posted Jul 16, 2017 at 2:00 PM

box3 by Jared S posted Jul 16, 2017 at 2:01 PM

]here it is

 

Looks like snakeskin and possibly ivory? Very attractive box.I long ago gave up trying to use the sites photo upload,I use Imgur . I tried and tried but I seem to have a mental block on theirs ! Oh,I think it might be sharkskin. They seem to be very pricey !

 

Sharkskin isn't mottled like that and has a fine structure. It could be snakeskin, can you feel individual scales?

 

Yes its rough, I thought it was carved at first. it almost feels like plastic, didn't know snakeskin was hard like that.

 

detail of scales

box 4 by Jared S posted Jul 16, 2017 at 1:59 PM

 

I see that others have clicked on the link. I won't. I think that's why my photo software shut down on the other computer. I opened a bad link somewhere and it jammed up the app. I have to wait for my son to fix it.

 

Hi -
This might help for posting pictures.
https://www.antiquers.com/threads/making-a-post-and-uploading-pictures.16038/

 

I didn't, the pictures were there before, now they're gone.

 

The error message you get when you click on one of the links says you do not have permission - which implies that Jared has changed his privacy setting on his album. The pictures were definitely there when I first opened this thread shortly after it was started.

 

sorry didn't realize they were private

 

Maitland-Smith's boxes do sell for sometimes a nice price. They were very popular back in the late 90's to early 2000's.

https://www.google.com/search?q=mai...m=isch&q=maitland-smith+box&spf=1500236799847