Need a little help here!

[Barrattess]

Hi Peeps...
Can anybody help me out with this item?...it appears to be small pill/trinket boxes....test as silver but unmarked so probs silver plated....the tops are ceramic...the box that they are in measures 5" diameter...and they are made in China.

I'm not asking what are they worth....just a name for it...if there is a name for this sort of thing....what could it's use be etc....

Otherwise these will go on auction as 'Thingies'....not very professional is it :-)

...s'cuse the pickie...I just took it now under the kitchen light

Thanks in advance

http://six.ebid.net/upload/5/1190064446-8973-0.jpg

[Barrattess]

...ha ha ha ...and for my next trick :-)

OK...so the pickie didn't come with it.....can anybody tell me how to upload a pickie?....then we will move onto the item :-)

[Barrattess]

....look...I'm not the sharpest knife in the draw...so take a look at this item...please :-)

Auction ID : 1190065799-14675-0

[Armstrongs]

Hi,
Wow, whatever it is.....it's gorgeous!
Are the inlays of the boxes mother of pearl?

Sorry, havn't got a clue what it is, but i'm dead nosey lol
Hope u don't mind, but i've taken a copy of your piccy, an i'll have a wander into Beamish Museum tomorrow an see if I can get u some info.
It could be a priceless artefact! (in that case, i'm on commission) pmsl
Someone, somewhere, must know something!

Yvonne x

[bluebedouin]

I've taken the liberty of posting your question & picture on the Antiques Forum. (http://www.fogboundworkshop.co.uk/antiqueforum/index.php?topic=1227.0)
Hopefully someone there will be able to help.:)

[Barrattess]

Hi...
..Thanks to both of you for replying....I feel awful now....it really can't be anything special...my daughter picked it up at a car boot sale a few months ago..it's probably some tacky souvenir :-)....I just dunno what to call it.....
..but thank you for taking the time to look...
Cheers

[nykmedia]

....look...I'm not the sharpest knife in the draw...so take a look at this item...please :-)

Auction ID : 1190065799-14675-0

I'm afraid I haven't got a clue what's in the piccie either but, like OnlyTheVeryBest, I think it's a really nice item and would love to know more about it. Perhaps Kedo might know, will point him this direction. :)

[kedo]

No, sorry. Outside my area of expertise I'm afraid.

[stitchysyl]

I might be wriong, but it looks like one of those sets of containers used by indian/chinese to store spices....

[QCPOTS]

my advice is to remove it

this is not allowed
please note this item is not for sale just yet :-)

got a slap for something like it , oooohhhhh and a warning not to do it again


show it to DAMIAN steeler he will report you,

[Barrattess]

Hi QC.......Thanks for the advice....
...have amended the listing now so bid if you want to!
P.S. ....postage is only £1.50....:-)

[QCPOTS]

Hi QC.......Thanks for the advice....
...have amended the listing now so bid if you want to!
P.S. ....postage is only £1.50....:-)

thats ok, better to be told than to be reported,
at least you get the chance to fix it,

good luck with it, at £1000 hope you find a buyer,

my advice must have been worth £900,

thats the price hike, good on yer,

[Barrattess]

Hi Peeps....Found this item over on Ebay...280145118297

....obviously a far better set than I possess....any ideas as to what my asking price should be?.....
I promise I will go away then ...still don't know what to call it tho :-)