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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Bronwen, post: 2309359, member: 5833&quot;]T.P. Danbiere Paris trinket or ring boxes marked on bottom.</p><p><br /></p><p style="text-align: center">[ATTACH=full]259109[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>These are made of a translucent resin that hopeful sellers describe variously as carved amber, tortoiseshell or <a href="http://plastiquarian.com/?page_id=14216" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://plastiquarian.com/?page_id=14216" rel="nofollow">bois durci</a>.&nbsp; Colors differ a bit, but all are some shade of brown.&nbsp; Another development is the application of metallic coatings to mimic silver or pewter.&nbsp; Interior compartment is so small, they are suited only to rings, pins, etc.&nbsp; Any trinket would need to be very small.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]259110[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]259111[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>The box with the La&#039;Gatierre lady on the lid is a rarity.&nbsp; I do not have a photo of any other.&nbsp; I do have this, which harks back to the opaque orange of the La&#039;Gatierre pieces:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]259119[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Perhaps the most common one is Nouveau Lady.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]259112[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]259113[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>This particular box had an unusual feature.&nbsp; Others are inscribed on the bottom; this one has a little plaque.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]259114[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Also rare is the attempt to produce the lady with bird box to look like jade or malachite or, as one currently for sale has it, serpentine.&nbsp; It was less successful than other simulants.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]259116[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Even rarer is this little stoppered bottle.&nbsp; I have never seen another.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]259117[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Also rare and seems like quite a departure:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]259125[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>So here we have one family.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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