An American silver and enamel table cigarette box, Edward F. Caldwell & Co., New York, circa 1930

rectangular, with three compartments, each hinged cover set with an enameled plaque of a man smoking a pipe and a caption: Tom, Squire, and Jerry, sides with red enamel panels, wood base and lining

minor chips to two corners of enameled plaques on lid, otherwise good
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The figures on the lids are probably from Pierce Egan's serial, Life in London, or Days and Nights of Jerry Hawthorne and his elegant friend Corinthian Tom, published in 1821. The stories were illustrated by Isaac Richard and George Cruickshank.