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[david i]

Hi Rick,

Too add (or subtract, if I'm off on this) to the arts-and-crafts element of this chat, we have seen over the years boxes done as below. Some look to be faux skin. Shark Skin i believe is called shagreen, and some 51 boxes in patterns that mimic this are called faux-shagreen. Not sure if the term applies to boxes like the oen below. There should be some term for fancy paper boxes. Below your box, I show a lifted image of some actual shagreen. Any input from those more in-the-know is invited.

regards

david

[John Danza]

Hi Rick,

Too add (or subtract, if I'm off on this) to the arts-and-crafts element of this chat, we have seen over the years boxes done as below. Some look to be faux skin. Shark Skin i believe is called shagreen, and some 51 boxes in patterns that mimic this are called faux-shagreen. Not sure if the term applies to boxes like the oen below. There should be some term for fancy paper boxes. Below your box, I show a lifted image of some actual shagreen. Any input from those more in-the-know is invited.

regards

david

This type of paper covering on boxes show up on Parkers as early as the early 1920s, sometimes with "Lucky Curve" on the box or sometimes housing an early Duofold set. I showed one in one of my posts on this thread earlier up. You also see this on the traveling desk sets from the late 1920s to the early-to-mid 1930s, as shown below.

[Dan in NYC]

Hey, do try putting the images in GALLERY. Then they can be pasted full sized into the thread and can be saved at length.

regards

david
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David, how is it done, I had the same issue few days ago?. My picture is in Gallery (Waterman Safety feed system) but could not place a larger image with the text. I searched for instructions and could not find any references.

Best Regards

Dan

[david i]

David, how is it done, I had the same issue few days ago?. My picture is in Gallery (Waterman Safety feed system) but could not place a larger image with the text. I searched for instructions and could not find any references.

Best Regards

Dan

Hi Dan,

This post (pinned in the News/Greeting Forum) covers making/using Album.

http://www.fountainp...he-gallery-tab/

Of note, if you clone the BBC CODE (one line of text from the "share image" section of your Album Page) directly into your post (you don't need to use the Photo Icon, as the BBC code inclludes the key tags), your image should appear in-line at full size.

Hope we can see more of your pics.

regards

david

[Rick Krantz]

the picture David shows looks to be stingray, or faux stingray.

the box John has with the traveling set, is lizard?

mine is a floral/tree type print

[John Danza]

the box John has with the traveling set, is lizard?

I agree, a faux lizard or faux snakeskin I guess. Definitely faux however.

[matt]

Shagreen looks more like this, but this is ceramic....

http://www.ebay.com/itm/150921833718

Edited by matt, 11 October 2012 - 11:16 PM.

[sloegin]

An uncommon 51 box No. 276.