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<p>[QUOTE="Ownedbybear, post: 241810, member: 29"]Yes, certainly is, and my addled brain thanks you. Very typically used for Indian Colonial and Anglo Indian boxes. The brass work is nicely done too. </p><p><br /></p><p>I do think this once held three good cut crystal boxes for a chap's toilette, although some are described as being for letters. </p><p><br /></p><p>I can't find a comparable one with a pierced lid, but there's a fair few coromandel and brass boxes out there. It's quite a valuable little thing, that.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Ownedbybear, post: 241810, member: 29"]Yes, certainly is, and my addled brain thanks you. Very typically used for Indian Colonial and Anglo Indian boxes. The brass work is nicely done too. I do think this once held three good cut crystal boxes for a chap's toilette, although some are described as being for letters. I can't find a comparable one with a pierced lid, but there's a fair few coromandel and brass boxes out there. It's quite a valuable little thing, that.[/QUOTE]
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