Q: This satin-lined cylinder is porcelain or glass and its mounting is silver-plated. The story told by our grandmother is that it was mounted on the wall by her bed and that she kept her hairbrush in it so she could brush her hair in bed every night. Is that what it was supposed to be used for? Who made it? What’s it worth?
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