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  1. Miscstuff

    Miscstuff Sometimesgetsitright

    The recipient of this trinket box had better be a stamp collector or the conversation could go along the lines ….

    No dear I'm not suggesting you are as old and ugly as Queen Victoria …... I mean you're beautiful not ugly dear.

    No dear you're not as fat as her …. I mean you trim and beautiful dear

    No dear I'm not suggesting you should be murdered, stuffed in a trunk and posted to India.

    What's that dear??

    There had better be a diamond necklace to go in it next time????

    Yes dear.


    A crazed trinket box with a stamp on top and a heart clasp for $6 at the local antique/junk dealers. Just had to buy it for the curiosity if nothing else. Not sure if it is a trinket box as I've seen smaller kinds of things that were for holding spare stamps etc but it has got this heart on the front and it is a lot bigger. No makers marks anywhere and it looks like it was transfer printed. Size 10.2cm x 10.5cm x 8cm and 0.5kg. Any ideas of era/age? Seen one before??

    Cheers
    Stephen

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  2. komokwa

    komokwa The Truth is out there...!

    pretty...pretty !!!
     
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  3. persona-non-gratin

    persona-non-gratin Well-Known Member

    ' I mean you're beautiful not ugly dear. '

    Philately won't get you anywhere !
     
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  4. khl889

    khl889 Well-Known Member

    Maybe to hold a spongy stamp dampener?

    (If made to hold stamps, the shape of that inside rim would be odd. But then, why a heart on a stamp dampener?)
     
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  5. George Nesmith

    George Nesmith Well-Known Member

    Neat box as a philatelist and glass person I would likely have bought it also. I suspect the clasp is what was on hand not designed for the box. I can see a bunch of the old style hinges in it.
     
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  6. daveydempsey

    daveydempsey Moderator Moderator

    Stamp boxes were usually sloped inside to allow easy removal of a stamp.
    I think yours may be just a trinket box.
    British East Africa is now roughly present day Kenya.

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  7. Aquitaine

    Aquitaine Is What It IS! But NEVER BORED!

    ME LIKEY!!!!!!!:hilarious::hilarious::happy:
     
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  8. dgbjwc

    dgbjwc Well-Known Member

    I think I promised the judge that I wouldn't engage in public philately anymore.
    Don
     
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