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<p>[QUOTE="Ownedbybear, post: 241769, member: 29"]It isn't tortoiseshell, but it isn't a paint effect either - look at those edges and the grain repeat. There's an exotic wood that looks like this, but my brain has lost the name. </p><p><br /></p><p>Not a tantalus. Nor is it for tea. I suspect it held something like cologne bottles. </p><p><br /></p><p>Late 19th, Anglo Indian/Colonial.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Ownedbybear, post: 241769, member: 29"]It isn't tortoiseshell, but it isn't a paint effect either - look at those edges and the grain repeat. There's an exotic wood that looks like this, but my brain has lost the name. Not a tantalus. Nor is it for tea. I suspect it held something like cologne bottles. Late 19th, Anglo Indian/Colonial.[/QUOTE]
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