Design 17/20: Silver and Gold Boxes

Design 17/20: Silver and Gold Boxes

View full screen - View 1 of Lot 33. A gold cigarette case, probably Austrian, circa 1940 | Etui à cigarettes en or, probablement Autriche, vers 1940.

A gold cigarette case, probably Austrian, circa 1940 | Etui à cigarettes en or, probablement Autriche, vers 1940

Lot Closed

June 27, 12:33 PM GMT

Estimate

5,000 - 7,000 EUR

Lot Details

Description

A gold cigarette case, probably Austrian, circa 1940,


rectangular with rounded corners, the top left corner engraved with a continental coat of arms, sapphire cabochon push piece, the pierced cigarette holder decorated in double leaves, apparently unmarked apart from French hibou control

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Etui à cigarettes en or, probablement Autriche, vers 1940,


rectangulaire aux angles arrondis, un coin gravé d'armoiries européennes, le poussoir en cabochon de saphir, le porte-cigarette repercé et décoré de doubles feuilles, apparemment non poinçonné à l'exception d'un poinçon de contrôle français (hibou)


mark, 12.8 cm., 5 in. high; 8.5cm., 3 3/8 in. wide, 189.9 grams

The coat-of-arms are those of a family descended from the ancient Bavarian House of von Weilheim, Lords of Maisach (near Munich).

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Les armoiries sont celles d’une famille issue de l’antique Maison bavaroise von Weilheim, seigneurs de Maisach (proche de Munich).