THE PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN
A FRENCH ORMOLU AND BRONZE-MOUNTED ROSEWOOD AND EBONISED CIGAR-CASE
19TH CENTURY
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A FRENCH ORMOLU AND BRONZE-MOUNTED ROSEWOOD AND EBONISED CIGAR-CASE
19th Century
In the shape of a rounded bee-hive with foliate finial, the top of the hive popping open with a spring-mechanism to reveal a ring-turned column flanked by twelve turned cigar-holders, with bees around the arched entrance to the hive, on a canted square plinth with leaves at each corner
7 in. (17.5 cm.) square; 9½ in. (24 cm.) high
19th Century
In the shape of a rounded bee-hive with foliate finial, the top of the hive popping open with a spring-mechanism to reveal a ring-turned column flanked by twelve turned cigar-holders, with bees around the arched entrance to the hive, on a canted square plinth with leaves at each corner
7 in. (17.5 cm.) square; 9½ in. (24 cm.) high