Metal Treasure Chest Trinket Box

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  1. kardinalisimo

    kardinalisimo Well-Known Member

    Not sure what type of metals were used. Any help with the maker/origin?
    Thanks
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    kardinalisimo, Aug 27, 2015
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  2. KingofThings

    KingofThings 'Illiteracy is a terrible thing to waist' - MHH

    Tea chest maybe...
    Magnetic?
     
    KingofThings, Aug 27, 2015
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  3. johnnycb09

    johnnycb09 Well-Known Member

    Looks like brass to me. I love it !
     
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  4. Ownedbybear

    Ownedbybear Well-Known Member

    Brass. Very well made. With that number, might be British rather than Indian.
     
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  5. komokwa

    komokwa The Truth is out there...!

    yes very well made.....looks like a mix of metals too....
     
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  6. kardinalisimo

    kardinalisimo Well-Known Member

    I think it is plated metal. Besides 2920 there is also 23 mark.
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  7. kardinalisimo

    kardinalisimo Well-Known Member

    What style best fit the decoration, Victorian, etc...? Have you seen that type of hasp before?
     
    kardinalisimo, Aug 28, 2015
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  8. Ownedbybear

    Ownedbybear Well-Known Member

    Sort of Victorian copying earlier styles - the hasp is mimicking mediaeval.
     
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  9. KingofThings

    KingofThings 'Illiteracy is a terrible thing to waist' - MHH

    I wondered about the hasp also.
    That pin doesn't seem to be held by anything once it's in or I could see it as a stumbling block to trying to turn the lock without the key so...
    Is there something about it we can't see or is it smooth all around?
    It may push something in that can't be moved until the key is in so simply lifting it doesn't help access.
    Do you have the key?
     
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