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French Antique Guessing Game

French Guessing Game

 

A French Antique Guessing Game.

It has been awhile since I have seen or found a French antique that has stumped me that is why it has been awhile since I have added a French Antique Guessing Game. The other day Judy, Bill and Elena (some American friends of mine) asked me if I knew what these little circle shaped things were that they found while in France at the brocante. I was clueless as I had never even seen them before. Though I admired the circular box. I put my finger over the description, cause I didn't want the answer starring you in the face.

After Judy, Bill and Elena told me what they learned about these round things I told them how lucky they were to have a little French history in their possession. Going to the brocante is finding a bit of history, discovering a story, having it shape the way one sees tomorrow. It is a gift of the past live on because you noticed it.

 

 

French Guessing Game

 

 

Varied pastel colors circles roughly cut.

All the same size.

Turn of the century.

Though they were around before… and now?

In a darling box.

Darling box.

 

 

French Guessing Game

 

 

Do they taste good?

Are they bonbons?

What are they? 

Do you know?

 

 

French Guessing Game

 

 

Off the subject:

 

Do you like my red polish?

Red Hot Rio OPI.

Find it here.

 

French Guessing Game

French Anitque Guessing Game:

Guess as many times as you want in the comment section, or by email.

The first person to guess correctly with the French Name will win a prize (something similar to it but new.) 

And the person who I deem has the most creative answer will have a treat too.

Diogenes, Francabolla, and Rebecca it has nothing to do with Roaches 🙂 But I know you will think of something to tease me.

 

Happy Guessing!

Comments

87 responses to “French Antique Guessing Game”

  1. Franca Bollo

    Happy to find myself in such good company.

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  2. Julia – Vintage with Laces

    These are poker chips from a dwarf casino. The dwarfs nibbled on the chips out of excitement even though Snow White had told them that this is bad manners.

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  3. Susan young

    Bingo or loto chips???

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  4. Rae Lange

    hi!
    they are ‘le bingo’ discs for the French game of ‘le bingo’!
    oui?
    Rae Lange

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  5. Caitlin

    They remind me of macarons, like color swatches of the cookies?

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  6. Caitlin

    The box seems the right size to fit just one bonbon…

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  7. Rae Lange

    or….very colorful pasties for a very colorful stripper. hmmmm….

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  8. linda

    Maybe you put them underneath buttons when you sew them on?

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  9. jend’isère

    Though these colours look delicious, are they for make-up? Not exactly eye candy, they are shades to be laid into a compact to shadow eyelids!

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  10. Elaine B

    Mini soap leaves?

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  11. Rosemary

    I think they are breath freshening disks.

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  12. Leigh NZ

    Oh Corey, what a find! Why this little box of beauty patches was originally owned and worn by Marie Antoinette herself. She loved to use the pretty coloured patches on her face to complete her toilette. Each coloured patch had a different meaning depending on her mood. She wore the perfectly cut round patches for important occasions but unusually for Marie Antoinette, she didn’t like to waste the less perfectly cut patches and wore these on her days off.
    How clever of you to have found them. I trust we will see you sporting one of these patches on your own lovely face very soon. ; )

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  13. g

    I believe these were confetti to be thrown at weddings parades elections the end of the war any joyous event really or just because one finds oneself in the mood for a little TA DA in their life-for example Annie’s homecoming- SHE IS HOME!!(throw confetti in air and personally I would twirl ) big parades little parades or just a parade of 1!

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  14. g

    I think this could also be soap for a quick had wash mix with water and there you have it

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  15. Marilyn

    My first thought was salt box.
    I think I will stick with that.

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  16. kipper

    They are small flying discs that would be caught by trained birds in circus acts.
    Seriously, maybe they were used as the base for millenery flowers or beading attached to couture dresses.

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  17. Sharon Kasner

    I think they are to put on the inside of clothing to anchor buttons. Or patches to mend clothing.

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  18. Janet with Eiffel

    They look like those little felt “thingys”
    that you paste on the bottom of dishes or figurines etc.
    so they won’t scratch the table tops.

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  19. Stella

    Barbie coasters.

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  20. Stella

    “Mouches” for the techno crowd.

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  21. Diogenes

    Well, I see you’ve already preempted my first guess in your post, lol.
    I think it is a box of confetti, like you throw at parades.

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  22. yiddo

    T
    Well of course they are make believe Necco wafers for a little girl’s tea party!

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  23. Judy

    digging your mani!

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  24. Ana María

    Before you mentioned it, the first thing I noticed was your gorgeous manicure! I’m wearing an orange-reddish OPI myself. Very well done too. Do you have a great manicurist in town or do you do it yourself?
    Ana Maria

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  25. Ana María

    They are makeup discs. In order to achieve the pale-face, pink/red cheek look of the day, women, men and ever children used these paint discs (disks) to adorn their faces. They are quite toxic, since they contain lead and several poisons. Many became quite ill and died from inhaling and licking their lips. Make sure your friends do not use them for their intended purpose but only display them.

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  26. Ana María

    I have a very old (1920’s) Coty face powder compact with the exact same insignia on the top.

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  27. kristin

    Cough drops? Or candied flower petals.

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  28. kristin

    Or tiny personal cheeses?

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  29. Diogenes

    We’ve all heard of beauty marks. Maybe they are 19th century “booty marks.” That’s why they come in pastels.

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  30. jh

    the French version of those neccos, wafer type candies, we used to buy at the movies! but, because they’re French, the packaging is so much sweeter!

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  31. Vicki from Willows

    Hello. Are they paint chips ?? As in paint colors. Greetings from Willows, hope all is well, Vicki

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  32. NancyO.

    They are individual boxes of confetti for children’s birthday parties…one box per child, the contents to be thrown in the air while the birthday child blows out candles on the cake.
    Love the red nails! 🙂

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  33. Tongue in Cheek

    Hi Julia, lol! Good answer!

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  34. Tongue in Cheek

    Hi Rae, What a sight that would be! lol! These little things might cover a freckle 🙂 love your imagination!

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  35. Tongue in Cheek

    Hi LInda
    Clever! I have seen that sort of thing. Good guess, but not the right answer!

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  36. Tongue in Cheek

    Clever you eye candy. Love your choice of words as always, brilliant!

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  37. Tongue in Cheek

    I could see this, good for the purse invention! But nope!

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  38. Tongue in Cheek

    It sure could be confetti! Clever answer, but nope!

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  39. Tongue in Cheek

    Not my circus, not my monkeys…err birds! Clever clever though not the answer I need.

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  40. Tongue in Cheek

    Good try! But no.

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  41. Tongue in Cheek

    Darn creative and clever! Made me lol!!

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  42. Tongue in Cheek

    thank you there is a manicurist in Marseille that I go to. OPI BAR.

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  43. Tongue in Cheek

    Clever! Paint chips! Wouldn’t that be brilliant… just add water for a sample. But no.

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  44. Tongue in Cheek

    I loved Neccos!

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  45. Olive and Branch

    My original guess was the button secure thingies – but I see someone else guessed that wrong. So, my second guess would be that they are used in watercolor painting. The little discs, when submerged in water, become paint and are used to paint with. 🙂

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  46. margo

    cachous aromatises

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  47. Evelyn

    I think they are markers for your quine card. (French version of bingo). Nail polish is awesome! Are your toes the same color??

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  48. Jennifer

    Little Holy wafers for the home communion kit? I should think though the box would have a crucifix on it though. Maybe a secret communion kit for when you are away from home at sea. It certainy would make a lovely little addition to any collection of French antiques. I love tiny boxes!

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  49. Dd

    You bring them to bingo to cover the numbers on your card

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  50. Karen O

    sealing wax wafers? Colette wrote about loving to eat them — is that what she meant???

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  51. Shannon Marie

    Macaroons for dolls!!

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  52. marlis

    well used tiddly winks?
    I thought mouches, but those were made of fabric, silk velvet, satin or tafeta.
    So I’m thinking wax disks for sewing thread. The wax makes the thread stronger and easier to sew with after the thread is run on the wax.

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  53. marlis

    soap disks…

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  54. Diogenes

    Dots for color-coding files or paperwork?

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  55. Merry

    Pastilles? The kind you burn in an antique pastille burner for scenting the air? (Never seen such a burner, so not at all sure what they would look like!) Or … just to eat, like mints or Tic Tacs today? Anyway … beautiful mani!

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  56. La Contessa

    TIddley Winks……..wasnt that a game we played?
    Love the nails……I noticed them in an earlier post!
    Loved the YELLOW DRESS TOO!

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  57. Eileen

    I have no idea what these are 🙁 And I had no idea why I saw so many very old Provençal windows bricked (stoned?) in. Was so happy to read in an earlier post of yours why that was done. I just thought that the homeowners wanted more wall space (duh!)

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  58. Valerie

    I think you use these for cake decorations!

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  59. Irene Thomas

    First Communion wafers…

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  60. Irene Thomas

    Glass milk bottle stoppers….this is fun, Corey!

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  61. Cindy

    Beauty spots—-a color for each outfit…and maybe fingernail polish.

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  62. Gail

    BINGO CHIPS? gUM? MINTS?

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  63. Cheryl ~ Casual Cottage Chic

    Perhaps they are macaron chips? No filling but still yummy!

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  64. Laurie SF

    Confectionary sugar dot decorations for cakes?
    Love the nails!

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  65. Susan young

    Perfume absorbent pads that fit inside buttons.

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  66. Rebecca from the pacific northwest

    Ditto. In case I’m the Rebecca in question. Even if I’m not, I’ll consider myself so.

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  67. Rebecca from the pacific northwest

    PS. Let me commend you on your several clever ways that you covered up the name on the box.

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  68. Dana Smith

    Are they small discs of dye to tint either paint or clothing or something?
    Dana in Arlington, VA

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  69. Dana Smith

    Or frosting or macaroons?
    Dana in Arlington

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  70. Laurie SF

    In Willows this week and sauntered into the Gathering Marketplace. Lucky me your Mom was there. ‘Pull up a chair.’-she says. Corey, your Mom looked fantastic. Wow!

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  71. Vikki

    …okay, I give up…well how about this- could they possibly communion wafers ?!?! Crazy, but strangely they have that look?! Why not? Alice in Wonderlandish…. Oh I just can’t wait to find out!
    XVikki

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  72. Vikki

    Hot red Rio…another guess…so many guesses, but are they not the little minty lozenges or pastilles? Reminding me of those french lozenges- “Violet” ???

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  73. Barbara Farkas

    These little felt circles are used behind facings to anchor buttons on delicate fabrics.

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  74. sandy austin

    Is it SUCREDULCOR? Sugar substitute.

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  75. Suzy

    Are they pretty feed for the birds or other wildlife in the gardens? Or flavoured pastilles for freshening the breath? Or some sort of appetite suppressant or nicotine substitute? Or even something to revive someone who is feeling fatigued or faint, like little discs of caster sugar? Or perhaps a very pretty and ladylike painkiller that simply melts on the tongue and requires no liquid to consume it? I’m intrigued!

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  76. Suzy

    Or are they tokens for entry to something or to buy something. Metro tokens?

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  77. Suzy

    Or Throat Pastilles like the ones you posted back in 2010? Menthol, Borate et Cocaine? Or gaming chips. Darn. This is going to drive me nuts!!

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  78. margo

    Pastilles digestives.

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  79. Kristin Yates

    Sealing wax?

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  80. margo

    Joints d’enveloppe

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  81. Kristin Yates

    This is for a nice box of Victorian adhesive wafer seals. They were fixed to letters in preference to sealing wax during the great expansion of letter writing which followed the Penny Black. They carried propaganda in support of various causes, messages between lovers, advertising matter, etc… The ones in this box are all different. The box is nice and ornate and it is displaying one of the wafers in the middle, it is embossed ‘Relief Oblaten’ around the wafer. The wafers and the box are in excellent condition with no damage and the box measures 38mm in diameter.
    Please let me be right!,,,

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  82. Merry

    OK … they are micro mini teeny tiny PopUp Sponges … or, if they melt when dropped in water, they are flavor chips to add to a drink … like cold lemonade or hot tea … or they serve some sort of medicinal purpose … or … I think you’ve got us!

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  83. Claudia

    I think I see that part of the title on the cover is ‘… acheter’ …’ricordeacheter’? Are they ‘sold’ symbols? for in a store or gallery to mark what is already sold? Or little price tags?

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  84. Roxane Stoner

    Jeu de puces. You try to flick on round circle with another one on the edge and make it jump into the box. Fun entertaining game while traveling and limited space is envolved.

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  85. Carole Boldt

    Are they jeu de puces (tiddlywinks)? Cannot tell from the picture if the texture is a hard substance, therefore thinking they may be tiddlywinks or jeu de puces ??

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  86. Tongue in Cheek

    oh you are!!

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  87. sharon Morrison

    would they be applied over a “nic” after shaving a face or other parts of the body? Since they come in the little box….and are different colors….hhhmmmm…they look like small wool pieces or felt. Needles and pins Oh my. I give up!!!

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