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<p>[QUOTE="Ce BCA, post: 4061135, member: 18716"]Yes, these appear to be traditional gifts at weddings, and they would contain food. The wedding ones are usually far too big for being practical as a day to day lunch box. This one looks to be varnished which would suggest it's likely post war (but could have been done later too). I'm thinking same period as these boxes..</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.ebay.com/itm/184559264575?hash=item2af896e33f:g:41cAAOSw9BBfxELa" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.ebay.com/itm/184559264575?hash=item2af896e33f:g:41cAAOSw9BBfxELa" rel="nofollow">https://www.ebay.com/itm/184559264575?hash=item2af896e33f:g:41cAAOSw9BBfxELa</a></p><p><br /></p><p>These are relatively frequently seen and date to the late 50's to the early 70's[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Ce BCA, post: 4061135, member: 18716"]Yes, these appear to be traditional gifts at weddings, and they would contain food. The wedding ones are usually far too big for being practical as a day to day lunch box. This one looks to be varnished which would suggest it's likely post war (but could have been done later too). I'm thinking same period as these boxes.. [URL]https://www.ebay.com/itm/184559264575?hash=item2af896e33f:g:41cAAOSw9BBfxELa[/URL] These are relatively frequently seen and date to the late 50's to the early 70's[/QUOTE]
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