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Posted 2 years ago
Sksmith60
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This was given to me when I was 16 from my grandmother who was about 67 at the time. She was given it by a elderly lady she worked for with a strict understanding that it was not to be sold. When she handed it to me she gave me the same instruction. I don't know why and neither did she maybe it meant something to the lady for someone to love it. I truly do and it may be one of two things I still have in my life since I was 16 years old. What makes me post this is I would like to know if it is part of a set? What type of set? Seems like it could be to hold cotton balls on a vanity or maybe hold sugar cubes on the tea table? That is just speculation though and I would like to know the facts. So if you hold a portion of the set to this or a whole one WOW tell me about it and how you use it. (sorry about photos cell camera) **On the bottom of the coach it says "hand painted Made in Japan" and has the Great Wall painted on it.
Japanese AntiquesJapan, with its history of seclusion, has long fascinated Westerners. When …