Posted 9 years ago
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This box was made of very hard wood. Thanks to kyratango I found out that the box is made of olive wood. I believe the box was purchase as a Souvenir of a wonderful vacation in the south of France: Hyeres.
I am rather surprised that the box is in almost perfect shape. There are no cracks or other damages. Even the satin padding is in very good vintage condition. The only problem I found are two missing brass nails holding the hinges but I think I can replace them easily.
After finding similar boxes on line, I would date the box to the early part of the 1900's.
Thanks for looking:)
Once again thanks for your help, kyratango!
Many thanks, aura and vetraio50:)
It is olive tree wood :-)
Lot of Riviera touristic cities made them: Nice Mentone...
Your box is charming!
I'm for now on holidays in south, not far from Hyères !!!
Kyratango, thanks for solving the mystery of the box. I checked on line forever and couldn't find one like it. When I entered "olive wood" I found several in just a second!
My daughter studied last year in Lyon, and we went to visit her. I really regret not taking a bit more time and traveling to the southern coast of France. You are very lucky to be there now. Enjoy your vacation and again, thanks for your help:)
Ooh, thank you for the thanks, and for the vacation wishes :-D
Glad to have been of some help :-)