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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;808 raver, post: 475113, member: 4654&quot;]I have a large tobacco canister, dates to around 1790 made of Lignum, I did a lot of research on Lignum just before I bought it. Lignum has become so expensive these days that the lump of wood that makes my canister would cost £1000+ and that&#039;s if you can find old stock of real Lignum vitae (it&#039;s now protected) Argentine Lignum (not Lignum at all but has many of it&#039;s qualities) is still available. I&#039;m very sure your item is Lignum, I&#039;m convinced if you put the lid in water it will sink, it&#039;s also one of the heaviest woods there is. My canister doesn&#039;t have any sapwood but as it became scarcer smaller bits of the tree were being used or even smaller trees were being used and hence the sapwood shows.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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