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A JEWELLED JADE AND AGATE CIGARETTE HOLDER
German or Russian, circa 1880
Cylindrical grey jade body carved with twisted reeding, one end carved with leaves, set at both ends with gold-mounted red stones, the bulbous mouthpiece of orange agate -- 106 mm long, together with a cylindrical red-painted bone case unscrewing to contain a pencil, the borders set with corded gold mounts, probably French, circa 1800 -- 111 mm long. (2)
German or Russian, circa 1880
Cylindrical grey jade body carved with twisted reeding, one end carved with leaves, set at both ends with gold-mounted red stones, the bulbous mouthpiece of orange agate -- 106 mm long, together with a cylindrical red-painted bone case unscrewing to contain a pencil, the borders set with corded gold mounts, probably French, circa 1800 -- 111 mm long. (2)