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2. Limoges Box - Wikipedia

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   The Limoges Box is type of small hinged porcelain trinket box produced by Limoges porcelain factories near the city of Limoges, France. They are made of hard-paste porcelain and collected worldwide.

3. Hair receiver - Wikipedia

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   Hair receivers were a receptacle with a finger-wide hole in the top to allow for the collected hair to be fed into the box. The hair collected in these receivers was recycled in a number of ways, notably for stuffing small bags, about 8–10 centimetres (3–4 in) across, called ratts (or rats), [2] used to bulk out women's hairstyles.

4. Sinhalese porcupine quill boxes - Wikipedia

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   The most common boxes are up to 280 mm (11 in) in width, some have sliding lids and others are hinged with a lock on the front. These boxes are rarely exceptional; however, there is a small group of boxes from Matara that tend to be superior in the use of quills and ivory discs and these boxes command high prices.

5. Decorative box - Wikipedia

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   Pocket boxes are usually made to hold a small amount of snuff for immediate consumption—typically a day or two's supply. [2] Since prolonged exposure to air causes snuff to dry out and compromises its quality, snuff boxes have tightly sealed lids to ensure that air does not penetrate the box, although wholly air-tight boxes are a rarity.

6. Jasperware - Wikipedia

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   After several years of experiments, Wedgwood began to sell jasperware in the late 1770s, at first as small objects, but from the 1780s adding large vases. It was extremely popular, and after a few years many other potters devised their own versions. Wedgwood continues to make it into the 21st century.

7. Casket (decorative box) - Wikipedia

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   A casket [1] is a decorative box or container that is usually smaller than a chest and is typically decorated. In recent centuries they are often used as boxes for jewelry, but in earlier periods they were also used for keeping important documents and many other purposes. [2] Many ancient caskets are reliquaries, for both Buddhist and Christian ...