Coca Cola pill box thing

Discussion in 'Metalware' started by hotwheelsearl, Dec 29, 2015.

  1. hotwheelsearl

    hotwheelsearl Active Member

    I've got this neat little (dollar bill for scale) pillbox or something.

    The girl on it looks pretty 1920s with that hat, but it couldn't be that old, right?
     

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  2. komokwa

    komokwa The Truth is out there...!

    right.
     
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  3. KingofThings

    KingofThings 'Illiteracy is a terrible thing to waist' - MHH

    Nothing on the bottom???
     
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  4. hotwheelsearl

    hotwheelsearl Active Member

    (just realized that I posted three of the same picture)

    Nothing else inside or out. I wouldn't have thought it was old except for the fact that the paint is cracked all over, which I would imagine signifies some sort of age.
     
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  5. KingofThings

    KingofThings 'Illiteracy is a terrible thing to waist' - MHH

    A technique.
    Nothing on the bottom?
     
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  6. hotwheelsearl

    hotwheelsearl Active Member

    Nope, nothing. There are no markings of any sort or any other designs other than the front. There go my dreams of a million-dollar pillbox :p
     
    hotwheelsearl, Dec 29, 2015
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  7. KingofThings

    KingofThings 'Illiteracy is a terrible thing to waist' - MHH

    Only if it would fit within in the form of a rare diamond or some such.
     
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  8. Ladybranch

    Ladybranch Well-Known Member

    Agree not from the 20s. Probably dating from the 1950s to yesterday. I think China is making these now. The following website has one with the same pic as yours. They are calling it "faux vintage." Some of these small tin boxes are called mint boxes.

    https://www.flickr.com/photos/fecawin/2047289663/in/photostream/

    --- Susan
     
    Ladybranch, Dec 29, 2015
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  9. hotwheelsearl

    hotwheelsearl Active Member

    Yup, that's the one. Thanks!
     
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  10. silverthwait

    silverthwait Well-Known Member

    The originals contained pastilles. :) (Info dredged up from GKW!)

    And Susan - faux vintage???!!! :(
     
    silverthwait, Dec 29, 2015
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  11. 42Skeezix

    42Skeezix Moderator Moderator

    There was no original. It's a fantasy piece.

    ImHO.
     
    42Skeezix, Dec 29, 2015
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  12. Bev aka thelmasstuff

    Bev aka thelmasstuff Colored pencil artist extraordinaire ;)

    I had a couple of these from the 1980s. They had mints in them.
     
    Bev aka thelmasstuff, Jan 16, 2016
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