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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;quirkygirl, post: 183977, member: 106&quot;]Years ago, I purchased what I thought was a sewing etui - Neither the person holding the estate sale nor I couldn&#039;t get it to twist open - but I could feel something moving around inside the little wood case.&nbsp; Surprisingly, this little 1&quot; tall, deteriorating metal statue was what it held.&nbsp; I think it&#039;s called a pocket saint.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>The metal, which is suffering from some something - I&#039;d call it oxidation, but with it being sealed in that little wooden tube, I don&#039;t know how much air got to it - whatever is happening to it, has caused the metal to smell pretty awful.&nbsp; The 3rd photo shows what looks like some sort of plating that is peeling off of the base metal&#039;s now powdery surface.</p><p><br /></p><p>I have 2 (or maybe 4) questions:</p><p>Is this guy St. Anthony?&nbsp; or are there other saints who carry babies?</p><p>What metal smells bad as it breaks-down / oxidizes? (what would you call whatever has happened to it?)</p><p>[ATTACH=full]51587[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]51588[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]51589[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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