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Mystery Antique of the Week

By , About.com GuideJune 1, 2011

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This tiny little thing has a purpose, it does have a lid that comes off.

  • Size: 1.5" - 2"
  • Value: $30,
  • Circa: 1950s/1960s
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June 1, 2011 at 9:49 am
(1) Beaugatto says:

Looks like an Estee Lauder solid perfume compact.

June 1, 2011 at 10:28 am
(2) Helen Pratt says:

I agree a solid perfume piece

June 1, 2011 at 12:29 pm
(3) Kathy Davis says:

It looks like a decorative pill box. I think the blue stone is a lid for the pills.

June 1, 2011 at 12:30 pm
(4) Joyce L. says:

I too thought of the Estee Lauder solid perfume.

June 1, 2011 at 1:25 pm
(5) Newlyweds Guide Francesca says:

I’m not sure what it is, but I would use it to hold jewelry and other goodies.

June 1, 2011 at 1:36 pm
(6) Elizabeth says:

A personal cigarette snuffer

June 1, 2011 at 1:56 pm
(7) a l says:

thimble keeper

June 1, 2011 at 2:58 pm
(8) Tonya Lee says:

I’m with the others in that it looks like a perfume holder or a pill holder, but I’m leaning toward a perfume holder because of the size. It looks very tiny. I wish I could see how the top opened.

June 1, 2011 at 9:33 pm
(9) Sukhmandir Kaur says:

Perhaps a snuff box or pill box.

June 2, 2011 at 12:55 pm
(10) collectibles says:

No right guesses yet!

June 2, 2011 at 10:06 pm
(11) Kathy Thomas says:

A holder for a child’s tooth for the tooth fairy.

June 3, 2011 at 7:22 am
(12) jean broqn says:

I think it”s an ink well

June 3, 2011 at 9:37 am
(13) MJB says:

Perhaps it’s a smelling salts holder.

June 3, 2011 at 6:09 pm
(14) Alexander says:

I think it is a tape measure

June 4, 2011 at 10:57 pm
(15) Chris simons says:

I think that it is a lighter.

June 6, 2011 at 4:53 pm
(16) Dana says:

Is it a saccharin container with a spoon for the tail?

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