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Oriental Picnic ? box set
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Hello everybody,
I got this box, 20 cm diameter and pretty heavy ( 2kg ) only for ''the box'', it was sold as an oriental picnic box set, do you think it was made for that ? I found it nice, maybe turkish-ottoman or north african ? Maybe somebody recognise the pattern Don't seems antique but not too recent (more deep patina in reality than what seems in the pictures ) What do you think ? Kind regards |
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Early to middle tinned copper 20th c Indian betel box for betel nut goods, nuts leaves spices etc, not a picnic basket...It would be accompanied by a nut cutter and a crusher and other tools. The white powder on the tool is lime, used in preparing the chew. Cutters were often decorated, I've even seen a gold handled upper class Mughal one.
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Hello,
Really Thank's a lot !!! You fix it !! When I saw all the white powder, I didn't know what it was: hesitating between cleaning powder ( like baking soda ) or other chemical stuff ... :rolleyes: :confused: Really nice the ciseled models Kind regards |
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