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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;DragonflyWink, post: 219634, member: 111&quot;]Having a hard time seeing this as a matchbox holder, one would have to slide the entire item out in order to slide the interior box out of the sleeve, seems an unlikely design.</p><p><br /></p><p>A napkin holder seems more likely, though a bit unusual in design - until well into the 20th century, Tiffany seldom did illustrated catalogs and ads, but finding similar items by other manufacturers can help to identify the purpose of a piece.&nbsp; Tiffany does do archive searches for a fee, last I heard, $1000. minimum (not worth it for something like this).</p><p><br /></p><p>Just as a note, by number, the pattern of this item dates to around 1873-74, though it could certainly have been produced after that dating...</p><p><br /></p><p>~Cheryl[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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