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<p>[QUOTE="evelyb30, post: 680564, member: 36"]The hinges on the box make it look like 1980s Indian import tat, but the latch and carving tell another tale. I think someone gingered it up a bit at some point, but the box was close to 100 years old when they did it. No idea about the egg, but string was used to seal letters along with the wax at one point in the Stone Ages. Could be.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="evelyb30, post: 680564, member: 36"]The hinges on the box make it look like 1980s Indian import tat, but the latch and carving tell another tale. I think someone gingered it up a bit at some point, but the box was close to 100 years old when they did it. No idea about the egg, but string was used to seal letters along with the wax at one point in the Stone Ages. Could be.[/QUOTE]
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