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Lacquer (I hope) bottle

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« Reply #20 on: September 14, 2012, 03:16:13 am »
Quote from: Joey on September 13, 2012, 04:27:46 pm
 
In the 1920s, 1930s, 1940s,  and even into the 1960s, there was 'big'  little industry in Hong Kong and, till 1949, in south China: making imitation cinnabar lacquer snuff bottles in 24K gold, then dipping them in a few coats of cinnabar lacquer, to hide away families' gold bullion stocks!


Joey,

Thank you for that fascinating story - I never knew that before. Now you will have everyone scratching away at their cinnabar lacquer bottles to see if there is gold under the surface!  Grin

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