Cigar cutter
Category
Ivory and bone
Date
1910 - 1929
Materials
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Treasurer's House, North Yorkshire
NT 593409
Summary
Ivory cigar cutter inscribed ‘Treasurer’s House, York’. C.1910s/20s. Ivory registration reference: 3IM5R09Q
Full description
Frank Green, owner pf Treasurer's House, was noted for his love of cigars until a bout of pneumonia caused him to give them up. His nephew and heir Simon Green later recalled, "he made a tremendous performance over his cigars - they were kept in a special airtight box, meticulously lighted and you weren't allowed to knock the ash off the end".
Provenance
Presumed to have been commisioned during the early 20th century from an unknown maker by Frank Green, owner of Treasurer’s House, York from 1897 until 1930 (when he donated the property and selected contents to the National Trust). It was Green that gave the previously subdivided property its current name of Treasurer’s House. The cigar cutter left Treasurer’s House at an unknown date prior to 1930, presumably as a gift from Green to someone unknown. It was subsequently acquired by a York based antiques dealer via purchase (date unknown); bought by the National Trust for Treasurer’s House in October 2023.