Featured Dutch 830 Continental Silver Pillbox (1855)

Cute little Dutch pillbox. I've never seen a pillbox shaped like this before. And this is only the second of this type that I've ever come across. This was going dirt-cheap, so I bought it!

The lid had some nasty, nasty dents on the star when I bought it. With a folded handkerchief as a pad and a steel chopstick as a mandril, I was able to press them out.

Here you can see the dents in the star: Top left, top right, bottom left. The bottom left one is the most noticeable...



After an hour's careful pressing...



...and this is the result!

 

Well restored, but this one I would call a pill box.
Snuff box designs were optimised for pinch taking, an oblong design facilitated taking a pinch even when almost empty. Form follows function.

 

Pillbox? Snuffbox? I dunno. Now I think about it, you're probably right, though. It'd be bloody hard taking a pinch of snuff out of this!!

Glad you like the efforts I put into fixing it. I like pressing dents out, but they can be fiddly...

 

Shangas, that is so pretty. A job well done!!!

Two questions: do you "hire out"? Do I have to feed you loads of special/exotic food if you come to stay for more than a day to get out all of the dents and dings in my household belongings?????

 

mercury....

 

Thank you!

Possibly, and yes!!

 

It's a scent box or vinaigrette (loddereindoosje/lodereindoosje) - used to hold a small scent-soaked sponge...

https://www.google.com/search?tbm=i....515.0..0j35i39k1j0i30k1j0i5i30k1.nFI9aoxzx20

~Cheryl

 

You're right.
Here is an 1868 his and hers wedding gift, a family heirloom, a lodereindoosje and matching pipe nail:

 

OMG.....I just about fell off my chair when I clicked on your link!!!!! SUCH lovelies to drool over!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

Well then, some more scent boxes for you - Danish hovedvansaeg and Norwegian luktevannshus:

https://www.google.com/search?tbm=i....5.0....0...1.1.64.img..2.5.516.0.YQSVawLHpOY

https://www.google.com/search?biw=1366&bih=633&tbm=isch&sa=1&q=luktevannshus&oq=luktevannshus&gs_l=psy-ab.3..0i24k1.15248.15248.0.15755.1.1.0.0.0.0.97.97.1.1.0....0...1.1.64.psy-ab..0.1.97.Vvp-HQViM5s

~Cheryl

 

MMMMMMM.....Yummm.....that kept me a little busy....if someone said "Pick one"..... I'd have a very hard time!!!!! I'd worry about the ones I hadn't seen yet!!! But THANKS for the links....much drool involved!!!