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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Bronwen, post: 584288, member: 5833&quot;]This was a pretty thing when new, meant to imitate a luxury item that would have been worthy of Faberge.</p><p><br /></p><p>I can&#039;t diagnose the bent chassis problem that now prevents it from closing properly, but looks to me like it was meant to carry with you, not to sit on a table, so would have been held in both hands to open; as Holly said, the tab on the bottom was so you could exert force on that half with the thumb.&nbsp; Something meant to be carried around has to stay closed firmly, not fall open in transit.&nbsp; Could have been for cigarettes, or maybe pastilles:</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.worthpoint.com/worthopedia/antique-austrian-enamel-flower-1792802242" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.worthpoint.com/worthopedia/antique-austrian-enamel-flower-1792802242" rel="nofollow">https://www.worthpoint.com/worthopedia/antique-austrian-enamel-flower-1792802242</a></p><p><br /></p><p>The central medallion will have been copied from something.&nbsp; Spent a little time looking without success.&nbsp; Tritons with hippocamps (winged or not) are usually part of a scene with Poseidon, Amprhitrite, and/or some frisky Nereids.&nbsp; You can see there is a second one blowing a triton shell on the far left. Agree the material is Celluloid or similar.</p><p><br /></p><p>This is for [USER=2844]@Any Jewelry[/USER] </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]175306[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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