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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;808 raver, post: 4311454, member: 4654&quot;]I get that finding something close to what I have is hard but the inlay on my box is done with skill and ivory. This is hard to do, who ever did it was trained and experienced, not just somebody trying to fake it. The wood (on the bottom) has deep ridges where the grain has stayed and the wood between the grain has shrunk back (hard to explain) but this is only found on very old cut wood. When I got the box someone (probably the seller) had covered the whole box (not the bottom) in a brown stained wax polish, this has fed the wood on the rest of the box but they should have used just normal beeswax clear polish. I have owned the box for a number of years and haven&#039;t questioned the age (I know it&#039;s old) I have so many antiques, faking wood is close to impossible, especially when you have the item in your hand. When I type in &quot;coquera&quot; into google images I only get 8 or 9 different wooden ones and one seems almost the same as mine and the others have a shell pattern on the top (if you look at mine it is also done in a scalloped shell pattern) with &quot; <i>foliate ornament&quot; on the sides and the lock, hinges, and inlay have similarities with the other known examples. Anyway I really don&#039;t have any other credible alternative, I&#039;m happy to consider any evidence to the contrary. At a guess I would say the box above is Spanish and 16th c? but it&#039;s not my field.&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; </i>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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