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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;quirkygirl, post: 272955, member: 106&quot;]I picked this box up last week.&nbsp; It measures roughly 8&quot; X 4¾&quot; X 3&quot; (20cm X 12cm X 7.5cm).&nbsp; It reminded me of a Shaker box but lacked the lovely nailed, tapered swallow-tail ... instead the sides are &quot;tied&quot; together with what appears to be a thin lace made of wood.&nbsp; The bottom and top are nailed to the sides (many nails are missing).</p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;ve been trying to find other similar boxes, and it most resembles what is called a bride&#039;s box from Germany (maybe other countries too, I&#039;m not clear on that) ... though,&nbsp; this is not as fancy as most of the bride&#039;s boxes that I&#039;ve seen yet.&nbsp; I was wondering if this could possibly be something from the PA Dutch community?&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Between the initials and the date, is a word that looks like &quot;Åhr&quot;&nbsp; ... which Google refuses to translate nicely for me ... it either gives me back the same word, when I input with a regular &quot;A&quot; ... or gives me back a proper surname when I use the fancy A with a dot on top.</p><p><br /></p><p>I don&#039;t know if the date painted on the box, 1796, means anything ... I&#039;m skeptical about a wood box hanging around for over 200 years and being in this (relatively) nice shape.</p><p><br /></p><p>Does anyone know what this is or what Åhr means?</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]86458[/ATTACH] </p><p>one side</p><p>[ATTACH=full]86459[/ATTACH] </p><p>other side</p><p>[ATTACH=full]86460[/ATTACH] </p><p>showing how thick the painted designs are</p><p>[ATTACH=full]86462[/ATTACH] </p><p>nails</p><p>[ATTACH=full]86463[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]86465[/ATTACH] </p><p>inside top and bottom</p><p>[ATTACH=full]86466[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]86467[/ATTACH] </p><p>wood lacing close-up</p><p>[ATTACH=full]86468[/ATTACH] </p><p>underside of box</p><p>[ATTACH=full]86469[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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