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Alban L

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Thanks Brian, I will contact Ford. I wouldn't have tried anything by myself anyway, I don't have any competence for it and I always apreciate seeing the work of the real specialists !

 

Beautiful box Malcolm, what was it made for exactly ?

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Good afternoon Alban,

 

In the 19th Century, small boxes like this were sometimes used for small items of interest, often contained in a larger Cabinet of Curiosities (Wunderkammer).

 

Later generations would repurpose them according to their requirement and Social standing.

 

When I discovered this one, last year, it had been used for Turkish Cigarettes since the 1960's.

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On 7/14/2022 at 3:49 PM, Toryu2020 said:

I like your tsuba in the original post, at first I would not have said he was "wielding" it but if you look close there does appear to be someone cowering in the other boat (at 7 o'clock)

 

Good morning Thomas,
 
Thanks again for identifying possible other characters in the lower part. I tried to imagine what this tsuba may have looked like with faces and hands inlays :
 
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That makes me wonder, would it be considered a total heresy to restore this kind of inlays ?
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5 hours ago, Alban L said:

would it be considered a total heresy to restore this kind of inlays ?

 

I think restoring inlay is one of the least controversial restoration projects. 

This assumes (of course) its being done by a professional who understands Japanese inlay techniques. 

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Something you don't come across every day - Anchor menuki.

https://www.jauce.com/auction/m1058509368

On 7/21/2022 at 6:31 PM, Alban L said:

That makes me wonder, would it be considered a total heresy to restore this kind of inlays ?

I would not think this was ever true inlay work to start with - I would suggest they should have used better rice or fish glue when they were attaching the features.

There are a number of guards made this way - unfortunately.

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Hi Alban, an identical tsuba to your first post has turned up here - https://www.jauce.com/auction/t1064724176  no doubt also on Buyee and Yahoo.

Identical but with more rust and the face is again missing. So my guess that these are cast [possible reworked] and with applied [glued]  "inlay" is looking more and more likely.

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