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A LATE VICTORIAN PAINTED-METAL, BRASS AND SILVER-MOUNTED HUMIDOR
By W. Thornhill & Co.
In the form of a model coach, the central compartment with hinged lid under two of the four padded seats, enclosing a plain brass interior, with five lanterns two of which act as cigar-cutters and a stick holder, with match container to the reverse, simulating a luggage hold, the coach resting on four brass wheels, the front two articulated, with a harness, with 'COMET' to the reverse, with 'WHITCHURCH, ANGEL HOTEL, ABERGAVENNY, GOODRICH' plus emblems for the 'ROYAL HOTEL ROSS' and 'KING'S HEAD, MONMOUTH', the reverse with 'ROSS MONMOUTH /ABERGAVENNY', bracketed to a moulded rectangular mahogany base, the interior stamped 'W. THORNHILL & CO 144 NEW BOND ST.', the exterior signed 'H.M. CALMONT', lanterns with maker's mark for Henry Stewart Brown, London, 1892, decoration refreshed
10½in. (26.5cm.) wide; 11¼in. (28.5cm.) high; 26½in. (67cm.) deep
