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<p>[QUOTE="FlyingButtonRanch, post: 57298, member: 582"]Ownedbybear I do a needle test to tell if celluloid with a <b><i>very</i></b> sharp thin needle all the time, and have done no damage to my buttons or other items. I'm not saying shove it in, I'm saying see if it can barely penetrate to stand in the item, and you do it in an inconspicuous spot right next to the metal setting.</p><p><br /></p><p>The inside of the box is wood grain, not shell. I've never seen any type of shell that has a looped grain like the top interior of the box. Looks like wood to me. I just figured out how to load a huge version of the pics. OwnedbyBear, check out the enlarged pic where you can see wood knots <a href="http://i.imgur.com/R8yXykp.jpg" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://i.imgur.com/R8yXykp.jpg" rel="nofollow">http://i.imgur.com/R8yXykp.jpg</a></p><p><br /></p><p>After seeing the huge pics of this, I'd say it's molded celluloid/plastic. The center has a very low soft carving and not very fine detail. Like I said, the pic is hard to tell. Celluloid is a great imitator of ivory, called ivorine, ivoroid or french ivory and some other plastics.</p><p><br /></p><p>Well, the interior engraving on your box is from 1945 (just saw that) it's not as old as I initially thought it could be. I did another hunt and it seems Compact collectors are well versed on these Italian silver boxes with stone or enamel from that era. Here is the page, see their April 4th post for the similar items.</p><p><a href="http://collectingvintagecompacts.blogspot.com/2015/04/italian-enamelled-compacts-identifying.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://collectingvintagecompacts.blogspot.com/2015/04/italian-enamelled-compacts-identifying.html" rel="nofollow">http://collectingvintagecompacts.blogspot.com/2015/04/italian-enamelled-compacts-identifying.html</a></p><p><br /></p><p>They still bring <b><i>good</i></b> money![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="FlyingButtonRanch, post: 57298, member: 582"]Ownedbybear I do a needle test to tell if celluloid with a [B][I]very[/I][/B] sharp thin needle all the time, and have done no damage to my buttons or other items. I'm not saying shove it in, I'm saying see if it can barely penetrate to stand in the item, and you do it in an inconspicuous spot right next to the metal setting. The inside of the box is wood grain, not shell. I've never seen any type of shell that has a looped grain like the top interior of the box. Looks like wood to me. I just figured out how to load a huge version of the pics. OwnedbyBear, check out the enlarged pic where you can see wood knots [URL]http://i.imgur.com/R8yXykp.jpg[/URL] After seeing the huge pics of this, I'd say it's molded celluloid/plastic. The center has a very low soft carving and not very fine detail. Like I said, the pic is hard to tell. Celluloid is a great imitator of ivory, called ivorine, ivoroid or french ivory and some other plastics. Well, the interior engraving on your box is from 1945 (just saw that) it's not as old as I initially thought it could be. I did another hunt and it seems Compact collectors are well versed on these Italian silver boxes with stone or enamel from that era. Here is the page, see their April 4th post for the similar items. [URL]http://collectingvintagecompacts.blogspot.com/2015/04/italian-enamelled-compacts-identifying.html[/URL] They still bring [B][I]good[/I][/B] money![/QUOTE]
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