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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Any Jewelry, post: 6217090, member: 2844&quot;]A pretty box, it is Bavarian or Austrian, eastern Alpine folk art.</p><p>Probably 1970s, around that time I saw a lot of these &#039;antiqued&#039; hand made boxes and chests in interior decorator shops in Germany. (My parents went there just about every weekend, I often went with them.)</p><p>You can recognize &#039;antiqueing&#039; by the dark patchy finish that doesn&#039;t follow natural grime patterns.</p><p><br /></p><p>My parents bought one in South Tyrole in the 60s, not antiqued, the antiqueing fashion hadn&#039;t started yet.</p><p>South Tyrole is a culturally Austrian region in the north of Italy.</p><p><br /></p><p>Google &quot;Bauernmalerei Truhe&quot;, and you&#039;ll see more.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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