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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;moreotherstuff, post: 9524669, member: 56&quot;]I bought this interesting brass box thinking it was no more than that:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]452156[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>But when I opened it, it was a traveler&#039;s reliquary:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]452155[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Each of those little banners has the name of a Saint, and under each banner is a tiny pouch holding a bone fragment.&nbsp; I listed it on eBay and it sold (for not much).&nbsp; I asked the buyer if he knew anything about it.&nbsp; He thought early 19th C, and possibly Swiss.</p><p><br /></p><p>A couple of the pouches had been torn and the fragment missing.&nbsp; I wonder if some owner had consumed the relics like pills.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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