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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Any Jewelry, post: 10776061, member: 2844&quot;]Another (faux) tort mystery, with the same striations as komo&#039;s box. Maybe it helps, maybe it adds to the confusion.</p><p><br /></p><p>One of my snuff bottles, the birds on either side are carved so they can move about under the yellowish &quot;bridges&quot;:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]534283[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Even striations on the sides:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]534284[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>No spots under a loupe, and there is shading of the pattern, although that looks more like a &#039;halo&#039;.</p><p><br /></p><p>A clue? Fibrous edges on the carved &quot;bridges&quot; over the movable bird, especially noticeable over the bird&#039;s neck:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]534285[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Another possible clue, bits that dropped from inside the bottle as I was handling it. These are not snuff residue:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]534286[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Looks like they melted. Was it carved using heat, maybe even laser carved? If so, why are the currently fibrous edges not smooth?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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