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Message:: [QUOTE="Lecollectionneur, post: 406076, member: 8569"]It's not a stamp box, the period is simply before stamps were used, more as a decorative item, the vignette inside and the absence of wear on the paper says that it was never used with something hard, the vignette on the back is more damaged if you look precisely.For the use of "travail de bagnard", "prisoner's work", it not usable on all subjects, those which are the most interesting for me are really too well made, specific sharp tools used, with silver mounts too expensive, the bottom is clearly often made with a system to divide, a divider in mechanical terms, I will make pictures of certified "travail de bagnard" if you want, I' have some examples, they have a more primitive design and the metal parts are lead from the eating plates they receive, in a very economic use.They can be made on boats by the workers more certainly, some are very interesting, a "swiss" one made by a man homesick at the end of the 19th century is my favourite for patriotical reasons.<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie49" alt=":happy:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]