{"product_id":"hand-carved-wooden-elephant-decorative-ornament","title":"Antique Wooden Opium Scales Box","description":"\u003cp\u003eSo excited with this find thinking it was just a nice box - it turns out to be so much more… this is actually over 130 years old and is an original box for holding an opium dealer’s scales and weights - shame these are missing but the interior cut outs were purposefully hand carved to hold these snug. You could source these I am sure with a little effort.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe box itself is handmade of course as you can see from the slightly different designs on the two sides and marks in the wood - probably ebony - and is held together with a crude brass pin dating it to the late Qing dynasty or early colonial era making this an amazing piece of social and cultural south East Asian history. Or of course a really cool little box with some stories to tell. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e21 x10 x 4 cm\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Otoch Antique","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":60130242494798,"sku":null,"price":75.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0923\/7430\/3054\/files\/image0_06640264-d501-4b96-bd24-4ea5221ba995.png?v=1784036849","url":"https:\/\/otochbespoke.com\/products\/hand-carved-wooden-elephant-decorative-ornament","provider":"Otoch","version":"1.0","type":"link"}