Details
Rectangular gold case with enamel representing maritime international code flags, circa 1930, signed Cartier and Dunhill, numbered

Size/Dimensions: 14.4 x 4.2 cm
Gross Weight: 154.4 grams
Provenance
Formerly the property of Winthrop W. Aldrich (1885 - 1974)
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Winthrop Aldrich served as a long standing Chairman to Chase Bank from 1930 to 1953 before he was appointed as the US Ambassador to the United Kingdom under President Dwight D. Eisenhower.

Aldrich was uncle to the five Rockefeller brothers and his many hobbies included music, watercolour painting and sailing. In 1930 he was the navigator in the successful defence of the America's Cup race aboard Howard Vanderbilt's J-Class yacht 'Enterprise'. He was elected Commodore of the New York Yacht Club the following year.

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