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<p>[QUOTE="DragonflyWink, post: 390080, member: 111"]You can find these silver-mounted boxes pretty easily on Portuguese and Brazilian sites - many have their purpose indicated, in addition to the 'Jewelry' boxes, they're also found as glove, hankie, stamp, cigarette boxes, etc. The floral painting on this one seems uncommon...</p><p><br /></p><p>I've had one of the Art Deco/Moderne style jewelry boxes for maybe thirty years, enjoying the incongruity of the ornate mounts on the streamlined box - it's veneered (probably walnut) and does appear to have celluloid trim and bakelite handle, but may well be other plastics (have seen some almost completely covered with plastic), have little doubt the mounts are solid silver of some fineness despite no marks being present. </p><p><br /></p><p>Mine is packed away, but it's very similar to the one on the left in this pic:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]135258[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>They're made in a variety of shapes, and the ones with the fancy ribbed sides like in Debora's picture are <i>usually</i> older, most made of Brazilian rosewood, those often bear pre-1938 Portuguese marks, usually second standard (.833), and have also seen them with labels indicating solid silver. When age is suggested, it's generally somewhere from early to mid 20th century...</p><p><br /></p><p>Silver and rosewood: <a href="https://www.google.com/search?q=caixa+de+j%C3%B3ias+de+jacarand%C3%A1+de+prata&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiWydWzreDcAhVKq1MKHdrOCCEQ_AUICygC&biw=1536&bih=759#imgrc=_" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.google.com/search?q=caixa+de+j%C3%B3ias+de+jacarand%C3%A1+de+prata&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiWydWzreDcAhVKq1MKHdrOCCEQ_AUICygC&biw=1536&bih=759#imgrc=_" rel="nofollow">https://www.google.com/search?q=caixa+de+jóias+de+jacarandá+de+prata&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiWydWzreDcAhVKq1MKHdrOCCEQ_AUICygC&biw=1536&bih=759#imgrc=_</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Silver and wood: <a href="https://www.google.com/search?biw=1536&bih=759&tbm=isch&sa=1&ei=b7FrW4XBEoeRggeti7WADQ&q=caixa+de+j%C3%B3ias+de+madeira+de+prata&oq=caixa+de+j%C3%B3ias+de+madeira+de+prata&gs_l=img.12...48439217.48439217.0.48441498.1.1.0.0.0.0.75.75.1.1.0....0...1c.1.64.img..0.0.0....0.16-GZOkW4bo" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.google.com/search?biw=1536&bih=759&tbm=isch&sa=1&ei=b7FrW4XBEoeRggeti7WADQ&q=caixa+de+j%C3%B3ias+de+madeira+de+prata&oq=caixa+de+j%C3%B3ias+de+madeira+de+prata&gs_l=img.12...48439217.48439217.0.48441498.1.1.0.0.0.0.75.75.1.1.0....0...1c.1.64.img..0.0.0....0.16-GZOkW4bo" rel="nofollow">https://www.google.com/search?biw=1536&bih=759&tbm=isch&sa=1&ei=b7FrW4XBEoeRggeti7WADQ&q=caixa+de+jóias+de+madeira+de+prata&oq=caixa+de+jóias+de+madeira+de+prata&gs_l=img.12...48439217.48439217.0.48441498.1.1.0.0.0.0.75.75.1.1.0....0...1c.1.64.img..0.0.0....0.16-GZOkW4bo</a></p><p><br /></p><p>~Cheryl[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="DragonflyWink, post: 390080, member: 111"]You can find these silver-mounted boxes pretty easily on Portuguese and Brazilian sites - many have their purpose indicated, in addition to the 'Jewelry' boxes, they're also found as glove, hankie, stamp, cigarette boxes, etc. The floral painting on this one seems uncommon... I've had one of the Art Deco/Moderne style jewelry boxes for maybe thirty years, enjoying the incongruity of the ornate mounts on the streamlined box - it's veneered (probably walnut) and does appear to have celluloid trim and bakelite handle, but may well be other plastics (have seen some almost completely covered with plastic), have little doubt the mounts are solid silver of some fineness despite no marks being present. Mine is packed away, but it's very similar to the one on the left in this pic: [ATTACH=full]135258[/ATTACH] They're made in a variety of shapes, and the ones with the fancy ribbed sides like in Debora's picture are [I]usually[/I] older, most made of Brazilian rosewood, those often bear pre-1938 Portuguese marks, usually second standard (.833), and have also seen them with labels indicating solid silver. When age is suggested, it's generally somewhere from early to mid 20th century... Silver and rosewood: [URL='https://www.google.com/search?q=caixa+de+j%C3%B3ias+de+jacarand%C3%A1+de+prata&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiWydWzreDcAhVKq1MKHdrOCCEQ_AUICygC&biw=1536&bih=759#imgrc=_']https://www.google.com/search?q=caixa+de+jóias+de+jacarandá+de+prata&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiWydWzreDcAhVKq1MKHdrOCCEQ_AUICygC&biw=1536&bih=759#imgrc=_[/URL] Silver and wood: [URL='https://www.google.com/search?biw=1536&bih=759&tbm=isch&sa=1&ei=b7FrW4XBEoeRggeti7WADQ&q=caixa+de+j%C3%B3ias+de+madeira+de+prata&oq=caixa+de+j%C3%B3ias+de+madeira+de+prata&gs_l=img.12...48439217.48439217.0.48441498.1.1.0.0.0.0.75.75.1.1.0....0...1c.1.64.img..0.0.0....0.16-GZOkW4bo']https://www.google.com/search?biw=1536&bih=759&tbm=isch&sa=1&ei=b7FrW4XBEoeRggeti7WADQ&q=caixa+de+jóias+de+madeira+de+prata&oq=caixa+de+jóias+de+madeira+de+prata&gs_l=img.12...48439217.48439217.0.48441498.1.1.0.0.0.0.75.75.1.1.0....0...1c.1.64.img..0.0.0....0.16-GZOkW4bo[/URL] ~Cheryl[/QUOTE]
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