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Help! I think this is Dutch, and from all comparable aspects of the way it's made and packaged, I think it's earliest 1800s, contemporary to the more elaborate French cases and etui from the Palais Royal. It's got the most wonderful figural needle case. I can't find one like it in any of my sewing tools collector reference books, though. Anyone out there who collects and can give me some more details? Thanks for your help!
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Hello ,
It is a real curios .
Imagine how hard it is to use a square handle scissors ....
Any way , it is seldom to find a complete box.
Generaly pieces have been appart
It is probably German ,Netherlans or from Austria, well north European area .
Only the marks can help us .It is not French anyway
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