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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Any Jewelry, post: 9615049, member: 2844&quot;]It is a charming set, probably meant to store tea and spices. Wonderful to have such a large set.</p><p><br /></p><p>I think you&#039;re right about the region and the date.</p><p>Lacquer is made in several regions of Pakistan, Kashmore in Sindh is one of them. The lacquer made there tends to have a more naive, &#039;folksy&#039; decoration than in other regions of Pakistan and India.</p><p>Also, the dromedaries point to an arid region, part of the Thar Desert is in Kashmore.</p><p><br /></p><p>I think that box is from Rajasthan. Rajasthan is just east of Kashmore, in neighbouring India.</p><p><br /></p><p>Most Indian lacquer is from Kashmir, so that is the first association people have. But India has several lacquer manufacturing regions, just like Pakistan does.</p><p>Kashmiri lacquer designs are more Mughal/Indo-Persian than the ones on that box.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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