Details
The cigarette box rectangular mounted with strips of antler to the ends, the cover enameled with hunting implements and scrolling vines and flowerheads within a ring of game animals, the thumbpiece as an acorn and oak leaves mounted with two stag teeth, the minaudiere with samorodok textured surface, the cover with gilt initials ALA, the thumbpiece mounted with two stag teeth and engraved X-mas 1958, the interior with a mirror and covered powder compartment with screen and puff, the cigarette box marked on flange with Austrian control mark for Saltzburg, the minaudiere marked on flange, unidentified
538 in. (13.6 cm.) long, the cigarette case
18 oz. 12 dwt. (578 gr.) gross weight
Provenance
Annie Laurie Aitken (1900-1984) and Russell Barnett Aitken (1910-2002).
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