Cartier cigarette box

Description:
Cartier cigarette box. Silver, with horizontal pink and yellow gold inlaid stripes. Bakelite feet. Coral thumbpiece. The right and left-hand sides of the lid set with a nephrite panel framed in gold, with oriental coral and gold motif. The center of the lid is set with an 18th century Chinese mother-of-pearl lacque burgaute landscape scene. The interior is lined with sandalwood (center divider missing).
Additional Information: Signed by Cartier; Number 4405; London import mark for 1926
Category Cigarette Case
Reference Number 01065
Maker/Artist Cartier
Materials Silver; Gold; Coral; Nephrite
Measurements Height: 6 cm.; Length: 16 cm.; Width: 9 cm.
Time Period 1926



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