Fabergé, Gold Boxes & Vertu | Including the Castle Howard Collection

View full screen - View 1 of Lot 1053. A jewelled gold, silver and burgau lacquer Art Déco cigarette case, Strauss, Allard & Meyer for Cartier, Paris, circa 1925 .

A jewelled gold, silver and burgau lacquer Art Déco cigarette case, Strauss, Allard & Meyer for Cartier, Paris, circa 1925

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May 16, 01:23 PM GMT

Estimate

4,000 - 6,000 CHF

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Lot Details

Description

rectangular, the lid inset with a cut-cornered laque burgauté representing two 'chinoiserie' figures on a shimmering bridge next to a gnarly tree, a small rockery and a pagoda, scattered fan-shaped and other flowers in the background, on a black lacquer ground with fine silver rims, the gold interior engraved with 'Scrapper' and 'her cigarettes' to the lid, small semi-circular laquer pushpiece, maker's mark, French post-1918 eagle's head mark, serial no. 16771 to left rim, further engraved: 'Cartier' and 'Made in France,

9.1cm., 3 1/2 in. wide

Christie's New York, 20 June 2017, lot 24