Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces

Hong Kong, Oct 27, 2019

LOT 33

UNSIGNED CIGARETTE CASE; SILVER, GILDED SILVER AND ENAMEL

HKD 15,000 - 18,000

CHF 1,900 - 2,250 / USD 1,950 - 2,300

Sold: HKD 20,000

Silver, cigarette case with enamel painting on the lid; gilded silver interior


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Grading System
Grade: AA

Very good

Case: 3-77

Good

ENAMEL AND VARIOUS TYPES OF DECORATION Restored soft enamel

Brand Unsigned

Year Circa 1910

Dimensions 88.4 x 73.2 x 15 mm

Notes

The scene depicting a voluptuous siren with black hair, of course naked, sits on the lap of a diver; this one is so obsessed by the body and the chest of her, that he does not realize that a shark comes on him and will cut off his arrival of air.