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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Any Jewelry, post: 454931, member: 2844&quot;]I can imagine that.<img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/wink.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=";)" unselectable="on" /> It is extremely general, with some mistakes, and more explanation of pyrography than of the item in question.<img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/rolleyes.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=":rolleyes:" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>My money is on Swiss, possibly just across the border to the neighbouring part of France. Borders are artificial things that have very little to do with language or culture.</p><p>Most likely made in or near the town of Brienz, imo.</p><p><br /></p><p>The Black Forest is a region in Germany. Sellers call any European woodcarving of animals or plants Black Forest, but very few are actually made in the Black Forest.</p><p>Black Forest pieces are generally dark in colour, Swiss pieces are generally lighter in colour.</p><p><br /></p><p>About Anglo-Saxon, Java was Anglo-Saxon during the rule of Raffles, early 19th century.<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie51" alt=":hilarious:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie51" alt=":hilarious:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie51" alt=":hilarious:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p>Oops, he was a Jamaican Scot.<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie79" alt=":shame:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> (Apologies to Jamaica and Scotland.)[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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