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Message:: [QUOTE="Phaik Hooi, post: 302640, member: 5831"]dear all this belongs to my great great grandmother. the burmese connection by way of being part burmese or chinese settlers in burma is not known. i believe (unconfirmed) that she died in the 1930s. this set is probably late 19th C? the gold looking paper is state express cigarette wrapper <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie58" alt=":joyful:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie51" alt=":hilarious:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> i cleaned the lacquerware with a damp cloth. the pinang, sirih and kapur containers were not tarnished at all.burmese lacquer has been around since the 13th C but it's use could have been much earlier. can anyone tell me how to date burmese lacquerware? would the writings on some pieces indicate period? can't read burmese though <img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/rolleyes.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=":rolleyes:" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/biggrin.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=":D" unselectable="on" /> regardsphaik hooi [ATTACH=full]98974[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]98975[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]98976[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]98977[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]98978[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]98979[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]98980[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]98981[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]