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An Iron Snuff Bottle

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Joey Silver / Si Zhouyi 義周司
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« on: July 09, 2016, 06:18:19 am »
Dear George,

     The more I look at it, the more it reminds me of bottles made between 1905 and 1945, to hide gold bullion. Jin Hing Ltd., Bob Lee's family company in LA, was originally based in Shanghai. They would do a mold of a Cinnabar bottle, cast it in 22K gold, or 24K gold, and cover with one or 2 coats of cinnabar lacquer. The owners would have a 'good luck' display of cinnabar (red is a lucky colour in east Asian culture), somewhere that the pieces would not be touched (like a house shrine), and they'd hide the family wealth in plain sight.
But why do it to pewter?
Shabbat Shalom,
Joey
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