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<p>[QUOTE="birgittaw, post: 75323, member: 28"]Sorry, I forgot, 11" long, and 7-1/2" wide. Images are not offset prints but actual engravings so appear to be period HW pcs and not cut from later wall paper, etc. </p><p><br /></p><p>Decoupage assuredly not original to the box. I thought perhaps a candy box, but it's wood and dovetailed. I have no idea how to tell if this was done later or earlier, except the black ground is partially gone on a few of the edges which leads me to believe the loss took place after the crafter finished. Or would you not recover or paint before adding them? Does that make sense? </p><p><br /></p><p>Thanks for humouring me and chiming in on this -- had cabin fever after knee surgery and no driving for weeks so this hit the spot and I was probably happier to find anything at all in what is usually a wasteland for anything interesting in this poverty stricken area of SC.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="birgittaw, post: 75323, member: 28"]Sorry, I forgot, 11" long, and 7-1/2" wide. Images are not offset prints but actual engravings so appear to be period HW pcs and not cut from later wall paper, etc. Decoupage assuredly not original to the box. I thought perhaps a candy box, but it's wood and dovetailed. I have no idea how to tell if this was done later or earlier, except the black ground is partially gone on a few of the edges which leads me to believe the loss took place after the crafter finished. Or would you not recover or paint before adding them? Does that make sense? Thanks for humouring me and chiming in on this -- had cabin fever after knee surgery and no driving for weeks so this hit the spot and I was probably happier to find anything at all in what is usually a wasteland for anything interesting in this poverty stricken area of SC.[/QUOTE]
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