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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Bronwen, post: 551889, member: 5833&quot;]Any Jewelry&#039;s thread on her studded box made me take a look at a locking box I have, where I keep - what else? - cameos, to see if it is at all similar.&nbsp; No, not really.&nbsp; And much newer, I think, although not new.&nbsp; Just putting it up for any thoughts/observations on possible age and origin.</p><p><br /></p><p>The little feet are wood.&nbsp; The &#039;straps&#039; &amp; studs look more like ivory than photos capture and are Celluloid or similar.&nbsp; The cameo is helmet shell &amp; no doubt Italian, which does not necessarily mean the box itself is.&nbsp; The metal decoration around the cameo &amp; other metal elements look like brass.&nbsp; The interior has clearly been reworked &amp; gussied up.&nbsp; The inner sides &amp; bottom are painted.&nbsp; The only fabric is on the inside of the lid, around the mirror.&nbsp; Looks like there was once an upper tray, now missing.&nbsp; OK, here it is:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]170024[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]170025[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]170026[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]170027[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]170028[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]170029[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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