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<p>[QUOTE="dude, post: 1373764, member: 13170"]My guess is a Chinese opium, snuff, or pill box, but I'm not sure why there is a mirror in one side. Perhaps they doubled as compacts? I'm also wondering what the scene is all about. Does she have some kind of a bamboo whip with bone fragments for clonking dinner? It doesn't look like a gig. </p><p><br /></p><p>Incidentally, it had what looked like a piece of masking tape inside with "Hong Kong" written on it, along with a European name (I assume the buyer) and a date from the 50s. Wish I had kept it. </p><p><br /></p><p>Besides my other questions, I'm wondering if y'all think it was made in the 50s, or was floating around from the late 1800s or early 19's for a while before finding its way to market. </p><p><br /></p><p>Thanks in advance for any replies.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]221684[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]221685[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]221686[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]221687[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]221689[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]221690[/ATTACH].[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="dude, post: 1373764, member: 13170"]My guess is a Chinese opium, snuff, or pill box, but I'm not sure why there is a mirror in one side. Perhaps they doubled as compacts? I'm also wondering what the scene is all about. Does she have some kind of a bamboo whip with bone fragments for clonking dinner? It doesn't look like a gig. Incidentally, it had what looked like a piece of masking tape inside with "Hong Kong" written on it, along with a European name (I assume the buyer) and a date from the 50s. Wish I had kept it. Besides my other questions, I'm wondering if y'all think it was made in the 50s, or was floating around from the late 1800s or early 19's for a while before finding its way to market. Thanks in advance for any replies. [ATTACH=full]221684[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]221685[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]221686[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]221687[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]221689[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]221690[/ATTACH].[/QUOTE]
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