Sorry a neighbour popped over, yes it's a fire grenade from I expect around 1915-20 as the tip I was digging was dated to that period. Yes your...
This vessel has no way of getting at the fluid inside, I dug this up about 15 years ago, can you guess what it is and it's date?[ATTACH] [ATTACH]...
You can easily tell the difference from a fake to a real one, here's a fake https://www.chairish.com/product/524444/wood-malabar-dowry-box
Unless they are modern fakes these boxes weren't made after that time, sometimes even antique people wrongly date them to later like this example...
Ok so there were a few who didn't spoil the fun but knew within minutes of me posting and messaged me, so a big thumbs up to them for knowing. It...
"Some sort of strong box" this is along the right lines :) yes it does have a lock but not one that would withstand any sort of prolonged attack...
Sorry not military
Yes..... that's cheating lol but we all jump on Google when we are unsure, I suppose my point is if you had seen it on a ebay listing would you...
Nothing inside now and wasn't made to hold bottles
Sorry not balance scales
No this one is real but I did see a fake one while researching this purchase and thought to myself ahhh but it wasn't really convincing
Nope, sorry
A little out on the date but as you say you don't have it in hand 1780-1810
For it's age it's in very good condition, do you think £30 was a good deal?
Did you get the date? I don't know the region, I do know the country.
It's only been viewed 4 times so that just shows I was lucky that it wasn't seen, please spill the beans if you knew without looking it up
I'm sure it's Japanese and 19th c
I know the Japanese silversmiths turned their hand from making tsuba's when it became illegal to produce swords sometime in the 19th c, it's very...
That looks to be a very good one, lovely casting, is it from Japan?
My new purchase, I was surprised when I got this for a song on ebay the other day without much competition, it wasn't described well at all but...
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