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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Any Jewelry, post: 737548, member: 2844&quot;]I bought a pretty Austro-Hungarian gold and enamel brooch and it arrived today in a huge box.</p><p>Inside the box was a small wooden box in some bubble wrap. I couldn&#039;t believe my eyes when I unwrapped the bubble wrap......</p><p>There was an antique trinket box, with a Tunbridge Ware or similar minutely inlaid border.</p><p>Compared to some Tunbridge Ware it is fairly simple, but this one is free. And pretty.<img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/smile.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=":)" unselectable="on" /></p><p>On the lid is a transfer(?) photo of a white house. Inside was the brooch, of course, but this thread is about the surprise, the box and the house.</p><p><br /></p><p>The box, tiny bit of damage on the lower left corner of the lid.</p><p>Is it Tunbridge Ware, or did they make something similar elsewhere? And a rough date?</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]188853[/ATTACH]</p><p>[ATTACH=full]188854[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Nice detail:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]188860[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>They paid attention to the inside and the construction as well:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]188857[/ATTACH]</p><p>[ATTACH=full]188858[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Does anyone recognize the house? I did a reverse image search and found nothing. Maybe it has been demolished. Pity, nice house, and it even has wheelchair access.<img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/wink.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=";)" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]188856[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>This is just the photo, it looks like there is a lake in the background, between the house and the hills in the distance, on the right:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]188859[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Thank you for looking.<img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/smile.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=":)" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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