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<p>[QUOTE="Cereus17, post: 9713577, member: 84316"]Looking for any ideas / info about this box.</p><p><br /></p><p>I bought this recently on eBay. I would've left it alone but I could just make out from the listing's photos that the wood is actually, I think, a really very nice birds eye maple.</p><p><br /></p><p>Any ideas about the way the box is decorated? Is this kind of design traditional?</p><p><br /></p><p>I'm guessing that it's American and from the first third of the 20th century - but I could easily be off...</p><p><br /></p><p>The box measures about 10.75” x 8” and just under 6” tall.</p><p><br /></p><p>The box has a fairly primitive construction (put together with nails.) It appears that it once had four feet - now missing.</p><p><br /></p><p>An odd thing is that the lock is off center by almost half an inch.</p><p><br /></p><p>I'm planning to clean this up just a bit and to re-glue it, but I won't restore it to death.</p><p>Thanks for any help!</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]471536[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]471537[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]471538[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]471539[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]471540[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]471541[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]471542[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]471543[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]471544[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]471545[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Cereus17, post: 9713577, member: 84316"]Looking for any ideas / info about this box. I bought this recently on eBay. I would've left it alone but I could just make out from the listing's photos that the wood is actually, I think, a really very nice birds eye maple. Any ideas about the way the box is decorated? Is this kind of design traditional? I'm guessing that it's American and from the first third of the 20th century - but I could easily be off... The box measures about 10.75” x 8” and just under 6” tall. The box has a fairly primitive construction (put together with nails.) It appears that it once had four feet - now missing. An odd thing is that the lock is off center by almost half an inch. I'm planning to clean this up just a bit and to re-glue it, but I won't restore it to death. Thanks for any help! [ATTACH=full]471536[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]471537[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]471538[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]471539[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]471540[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]471541[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]471542[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]471543[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]471544[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]471545[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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