Vintage or Antique? Seahorse? Bird? Wooden Jewelry Box?

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  1. dude

    dude Well-Known Member

    Hello,

    Am eager to find out about this thing, especially age and value. About 9" long and 1
    lb. Thanks!

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  2. Roaring20s

    Roaring20s Well-Known Member

    I'm wondering if it started out as one block of wood. Inspect the lid and the base. Do the wood grains match perfectly?
     
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  3. dude

    dude Well-Known Member

    Looks like your hunch is correct, Roaring. It's not obvious at first as the red painted top has a bit of overlap and its share of nicks. But the grains on upper and lower pieces do appear to match.
     
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  4. Roaring20s

    Roaring20s Well-Known Member

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  5. Any Jewelry

    Any Jewelry Well-Known Member

    It looks like an Indian sindoor or kumkum box for coloured pigments. In which case a bird is more likely than a seahorse.
    It isn't antique and doesn't look vintage either.:bag:
     
  6. Roshan Ko

    Roshan Ko Well-Known Member

    Hi @Any Jewelry normally would'nt they be smaller in size? Also the holes don't seem conducive for fingers to go in to put the sindhur on the finger. At 9inces i think its too big for a sindhoor box, but i could be wrong.
     
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  7. Any Jewelry

    Any Jewelry Well-Known Member

    Hi Roshan. I must admit, I didn't convert the size (we're metric), but I just checked.:)
    Yes, it could be a bit on the big side. Would the chunkiness allow for it being a bigger size? Or is it a spice box maybe?
     
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  8. Roshan Ko

    Roshan Ko Well-Known Member

    I wonder if you could use this wood as a spice box. Seems unlikely given its different sized holes.
    May be just some sort of decorative box ? or may be a betel nut box?
     
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  9. Any Jewelry

    Any Jewelry Well-Known Member

    I think it was most likely sold as home decor.
    It would be a bit awkward for betel as well.
    The paint could be toxic, and reaction with some spice oils may be problem.:nailbiting: But that doesn't matter if it is only meant to look pretty.;)
     
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