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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Brian Warshaw, post: 9224275, member: 16674&quot;]<b>This does not belong here; but I know not where to place it.</b></p><p><br /></p><p>This took the fancy of my 10-year-old grandson while meandering through an English car boot sale.&nbsp; Such a fancy that he parted with some of his pocket money in order to have it.&nbsp; Now he would like to know all about it.&nbsp; That’s what comes from dragging him round French brocantes during his summer stays with us.</p><p><br /></p><p>What I know, although I haven’t seen it to handle, is that it measures 23 cm x 11.5 cm x 30 cm high.&nbsp; It is made of wood, which my daughter thinks it is bamboo.&nbsp; The picture trims, handle, catch and hinges are brass.&nbsp; The wire retaining loop on the hinges prevents the lid from fully opening.&nbsp; The screws are Phillips style (available from 1933); but these are ill-fitting and probably replacements for the original screws, which would have been flat under the head, or might have been a smaller gauge to fit the countersink in the fittings, probably the latter. The case could have been made before or after 1933, the correct sized screw would have had a slotted head.</p><p><br /></p><p>The external white decor and the pictures appear, according to my daughter, to be made from smooth sticky material, perhaps something like Fablon.</p><p><br /></p><p>What do people think it is?&nbsp; A saki bottle carrier?&nbsp; An Imperial Scrolls transporter?&nbsp; For Barbie dolls or even football boots?</p><p><br /></p><p>Thank you all for looking.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]430803[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]430804[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]430805[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]430814[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]430807[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]430808[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]430809[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]430810[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]430812[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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