Cigarette case
Category
Objets de vertu
Date
Unknown
Materials
Wood
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Gunby Hall Estate, Lincolnshire
NT 638654
Summary
Fitted case for a cigarette holder, of rectangular form in blue leather with gilt edging; the hinged lid of domed form; the interior lined with cream coloured silk and printed in the lid and stamped. Cigarette holder of tortoiseshell with a retractable plastic mouthpiece acting as an ejector, and a gold ring marked ‘AC’ inscribed in a lozenge.
Provenance
1990, purchased from J Montgomery-Massingberd.