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Old tobacco box from Yemen

Posted by Isabel Iglesias on June 22, 2011 at 3:42pm

Old tobacco box from Yemen

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Joost Daalder June 23, 2011 at 10:13pm

I fin this quire appealing. It is not expensively made, but has a nice "natural" and used quality. It would probably glow more attractively if you polished up the leather somewhat with a wax (leather does need maintaining), and the silver with a silver cloth. The silver does not look high quality, but it does seem likely that it would develop a bit of sheen. Use a cloth only - not a liquid.
Joost Daalder July 1, 2011 at 8:22pm

Typos in previous post: "I find this quite appealing" is what I meant. And I do. It does need a bit of polish, particularly of the leather, I feel. Be careful with the metal parts: if they are silver plate you certainly don't want to rub off any silver.

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