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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;mirana, post: 10389986, member: 79705&quot;]It finally happened; I found a box at GW that wasn&#039;t vintage.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]522875[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]522876[/ATTACH] </p><p>I&#039;m guessing it was formally a box for a microscope or similar scientific instrument <a href="http://www.antique-microscopes.com/photos/Hartnack_microscope_5024.htm" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.antique-microscopes.com/photos/Hartnack_microscope_5024.htm" rel="nofollow">like this</a> or <a href="https://www.bonhams.com/auction/22773/lot/266/a-smith-and-beck-brass-compound-binocular-microscope-english-circa-1865/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.bonhams.com/auction/22773/lot/266/a-smith-and-beck-brass-compound-binocular-microscope-english-circa-1865/" rel="nofollow">this</a>, which are dated 1865. When I bought it the previous owner had put sticky felt on the bottom which took some doing to remove. It&#039;s clearly been through some things, but at $3 I don&#039;t mind. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/biggrin.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=":D" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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