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<p>[QUOTE="808 raver, post: 9697610, member: 4654"]"I've assumed that at some point somebody made a start at cleaning it and then gave it up" That would explain the light and dark places where they shouldn't be. It's only the lock (flat key) that's a mystery now but that could be easily explained by me never encountering one on a late 19th c box, as I say I'm happy to be wrong.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="808 raver, post: 9697610, member: 4654"]"I've assumed that at some point somebody made a start at cleaning it and then gave it up" That would explain the light and dark places where they shouldn't be. It's only the lock (flat key) that's a mystery now but that could be easily explained by me never encountering one on a late 19th c box, as I say I'm happy to be wrong.[/QUOTE]
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