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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Gatoblanconz, post: 11607656, member: 14927&quot;]Hi just wondering if you can help me work out what the story is with this opera box. </p><p>The sides appear to be painted a different color but it&#039;s possible that that was done originally maybe? The wear at the interface of the sides the top and the front (the edges) rolls around. If the sides were switched out, they were replaced a long time ago.</p><p>The hinges seem to have been replaced. And the repairs on the inside the metal plates don&#039;t seem that old. </p><p><br /></p><p>I considered whether this could be a reproduction that is deliberately aged but I&#039;m not sure. The wear seems pretty comprehensive particularly on the front. </p><p><br /></p><p>It&#039;s quite a light timber. The whole thing is not heavy</p><p><br /></p><p>To clean it up I was thinking of putting some Chinese ink all over the sides and top to just kind of tie it in together. Then coating the whole lot in beeswax.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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