Silver and enamel cigarette box, by Mappin & Webb

An image of Cigarette box. Mappin & Webb Ltd. Rectangular. The sides are engine-turned with a fine mesh pattern, and at each corner have a mount in the shape of a 'malachite' enamelled column, the bases of which serve as feet. The lid is decorated with a similar mesh pattern and has a stepped edge and rectangular 'malachite' thumbpiede at the centre front. The underside of the lid is inscribed. The wooden interior is divided into two by a fixed wooden wall and has another which is moveable. The base of the box is covered in black leather. Silver, seamed, engine turned, enamelled and engraved. Height, to top of lid, 6 cm, width, overall, 18.5 cm, depth, overall, 9.6 cm, 1934-1935. London, England. Art Deco.

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Cigarette box. Mappin & Webb Ltd. Rectangular. The sides are engine-turned with a fine mesh pattern, and at each corner have a mount in the shape of a 'malachite' enamelled column, the bases of which serve as feet. The lid is decorated with a similar mesh pattern and has a stepped edge and rectangular 'malachite' thumbpiede at the centre front. The underside of the lid is inscribed. The wooden interior is divided into two by a fixed wooden wall and has another which is moveable. The base of the box is covered in black leather. Silver, seamed, engine turned, enamelled and engraved. Height, to top of lid, 6 cm, width, overall, 18.5 cm, depth, overall, 9.6 cm, 1934-1935. London, England. Art Deco.

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Accession Number: M.2-1991
Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
Aperture: f/25.0
Focal length: 135
Camera: Canon EOS 5D
Photographer name: Michael Jones
Image height: 715 pixels
Image width: 1024 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.4 (Windows)
Filesize: 79.34kB
Exposure time: 1/125
ISO Speed: 100
Fnumber: 25/1
Captured: 2008:04:04 16:08:58

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20th Century Art Deco box British cigarette box enamel engine turned engine-turned English Fitz_AA machined Mappin & Webb metalwork Silver silverware smoking tobacco box

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