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<p>[QUOTE="StaceyFinds, post: 4557358, member: 78170"]Thank you for that information! This is what I found for what the number stands for…</p><p><br /></p><p>“The number has no relation to the painting, only to the blank papier mache box. A box with #1240 written in the margin simply means that the papier mache blank is number 1240 of the boxes of that same shape and size produced in that year. Each of those 1240 boxes may have a completely different painting, and the numbering starts over again with the new year.”[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="StaceyFinds, post: 4557358, member: 78170"]Thank you for that information! This is what I found for what the number stands for… “The number has no relation to the painting, only to the blank papier mache box. A box with #1240 written in the margin simply means that the papier mache blank is number 1240 of the boxes of that same shape and size produced in that year. Each of those 1240 boxes may have a completely different painting, and the numbering starts over again with the new year.”[/QUOTE]
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