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Old 13th March 2015, 02:14 PM   #12
Gavin Nugent
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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.

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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.

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