Is it too big to be a minie ball?
So Sorry I didn't reply but I have been having a lot of trouble trying to get onto the site.
Does the lid fit tightly? If so it could be a table snuff or tobacco box, if not, probably a trinket box for whatever will fit in it.
This has happened before and no doubt will happen again. Hopefully in time the scarcity of these items will outweigh any intrinsic value of the...
Well, it's a use.
I am thinking maybe a later conversion of a snuff box or vinaigrette, there are probably matching silver hallmarks behind the mirror.
That sale ended yesterday, maybe the OP was the buyer.
Looks like a horseshoe nail.
That's the most unconvincing Louis Comfort Tiffany signature I've seen :facepalm:
A factory seconds mark?
You might be better off looking for Superman comics.
Is your item made by John Millward Banks (JMB stamp)? This maker is known in some instances to mark his items with a forget me not flower.
Possibly camel saddlebags that have been unpicked and sewn together.
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An aide memoire, probably would have hung on a chatelaine.
Welcome. By the way did you know that in 1895 Thomas Edison developed the first practical electric drill?
Blank for me.
Must be made from chestnut.
I think your memory may be playing tricks, they are silver gilt.
Oy - you've pinched my Tinder opener.
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