Lot 130
Alpacca Cigarette Case with Enamelled Panel, 1913
Estimate:
£1,800 - £2,500
Sold for:
£550
Timed Auction
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Description
Without Reserve
A very early German Alpacca and enamel cigarette case, the original enamel panel with stylishly dressed young lady embracing her bright red Benz, underneath the exclamation "Mein Benz!!" With a plain push-button clasp and thumbpiece with a gilded interior with original elastics for holding the cigarettes in place. Stamped ALPACCA to the interior. In a fitted burgundy glazed-calf presentation case. German, circa 1913.
Cigarette case: 3.5 x 3 in. (9 x 7 cm). Presentation case: 5 x 4.5 x 1 in. (13 x 11.5 x 3 cm).