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A brush? Or something else

13th March 2015, 02:14 PM

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Gavin Nugent

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Sajen

Hello Dirk,

it's a lime container from South India or Ceylon for betel chewing, late 19th or early 20th century. Maybe Gavin can confirm.

Regards,
Detlef

Hard to say about the age as it doesn't ever looked used but it has the same high detail as those I have seen that are heavily used so I would think 25-30 years each side of 1900 is a fair call.

Gavin

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