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<p>[QUOTE="DragonflyWink, post: 114548, member: 111"]I'm with Silverthwait here, suppose it could have been for snuff, but the lid really seems a bit deep - in consideration of the powdery contents, snuff boxes tend to have shallow lids or one set into the top as on the horn box Scoutshouse referenced. Might consider a bonbon/pastilles box, a small bonbonnierre - though when I think of an ivory bonbon box, it's more along the lines of this one: <a href="http://art.thewalters.org/detail/28494/bonbonnirre-with-pastoral-scene-2/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://art.thewalters.org/detail/28494/bonbonnirre-with-pastoral-scene-2/" rel="nofollow">http://art.thewalters.org/detail/28494/bonbonnirre-with-pastoral-scene-2/</a></p><p><br /></p><p>A commercial metal bonbon box, similar shape, but with a flat lid on top: <a href="http://m.ebay.com/itm/Antique-1900s-Seattle-Societe-Chocolates-Candy-Tin-Hinged-Box-Made-in-Germany-/331768131552?nav=SEARCH" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://m.ebay.com/itm/Antique-1900s-Seattle-Societe-Chocolates-Candy-Tin-Hinged-Box-Made-in-Germany-/331768131552?nav=SEARCH" rel="nofollow">http://m.ebay.com/itm/Antique-1900s-Seattle-Societe-Chocolates-Candy-Tin-Hinged-Box-Made-in-Germany-/331768131552?nav=SEARCH</a></p><p><br /></p><p>A similarly shaped silverplate bonbon box from an 1889 retailer's catalog:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]28775[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>~Cheryl[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="DragonflyWink, post: 114548, member: 111"]I'm with Silverthwait here, suppose it could have been for snuff, but the lid really seems a bit deep - in consideration of the powdery contents, snuff boxes tend to have shallow lids or one set into the top as on the horn box Scoutshouse referenced. Might consider a bonbon/pastilles box, a small bonbonnierre - though when I think of an ivory bonbon box, it's more along the lines of this one: [URL]http://art.thewalters.org/detail/28494/bonbonnirre-with-pastoral-scene-2/[/URL] A commercial metal bonbon box, similar shape, but with a flat lid on top: [URL]http://m.ebay.com/itm/Antique-1900s-Seattle-Societe-Chocolates-Candy-Tin-Hinged-Box-Made-in-Germany-/331768131552?nav=SEARCH[/URL] A similarly shaped silverplate bonbon box from an 1889 retailer's catalog: [ATTACH=full]28775[/ATTACH] ~Cheryl[/QUOTE]
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