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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Any Jewelry, post: 432132, member: 2844&quot;]Welcome Missy. Love the case.</p><p>I have a similar case in red leather which used to be my grandmother&#039;s. She loved red, and had a matching hatbox, which I also have now.</p><p>The case has similar fluted glass containers, the lids on those are silverplated, with gorgeous Art Nouveau motifs. The other pieces vary a bit from yours, no alarm clock and more brushes, but it is the same idea and period.</p><p>She got it for her travels when she was still single, she married in 1922. In 1914 she was 18 and from then on she travelled a lot with her mother, mostly visiting family abroad. She may not have had the case and hatbox straight away, but sometime between 1914 and 1920, I guess.</p><p><br /></p><p>The alarm clock could have been made in any German speaking country, but I think Germany is most likely in this case.</p><p><br /></p><p>I wouldn&#039;t replace the silk. You would have to get a similar silk, make all the pockets and bands in a professional way, line cardboard with the silk, etc, etc. And after all that hard work you&#039;d be left with a non-original antique.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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