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<p>[QUOTE="Bronwen, post: 439176, member: 5833"]I had that thought too. I imagine over there there are still many around. I know as a child I thought the old metal Band-Aid boxes were the most wonderful things for keeping little treasures in.</p><p><br /></p><p>Someone else was keeping little things in it. Although the cameo is no longer in it, it is not empty. Inside were also: something that looks like the world's tiniest washer; a headless screw that is also tiny, but still too large to go with the washer; and what looks to be a very small tool tip made to be interchangeable with others in a holder, which is now very sharply pointed & may be broken at that end. My best guess is watch maker's stuff.</p><p><br /></p><p>Once got a box in which I could hear something rattling around & thought uh-oh. Turned out not to be a broken cameo; sender had somehow managed to drop a calligraphy pen nib in.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Bronwen, post: 439176, member: 5833"]I had that thought too. I imagine over there there are still many around. I know as a child I thought the old metal Band-Aid boxes were the most wonderful things for keeping little treasures in. Someone else was keeping little things in it. Although the cameo is no longer in it, it is not empty. Inside were also: something that looks like the world's tiniest washer; a headless screw that is also tiny, but still too large to go with the washer; and what looks to be a very small tool tip made to be interchangeable with others in a holder, which is now very sharply pointed & may be broken at that end. My best guess is watch maker's stuff. Once got a box in which I could hear something rattling around & thought uh-oh. Turned out not to be a broken cameo; sender had somehow managed to drop a calligraphy pen nib in.[/QUOTE]
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