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KUMAR SHRI RANJITSINHJI
silver cigarette case, Chester, 1912, with enamel centre containing a transfer print of Ranjitsinhji (chip to lower and upper left edge), gilt interior, with enamel crest with inscription "Nil Desperandum", on the reverse, in original fitted green velvet box (water damage leaving ink inscription illegible), 3¾ x 3 in. (9.5 x 7.6 cm.) -- and a blue silk cravat, embroidered with crest and initials "R.K.S.," 22½ x 24 in. (57.2 x 61 cm.)
silver cigarette case, Chester, 1912, with enamel centre containing a transfer print of Ranjitsinhji (chip to lower and upper left edge), gilt interior, with enamel crest with inscription "Nil Desperandum", on the reverse, in original fitted green velvet box (water damage leaving ink inscription illegible), 3¾ x 3 in. (9.5 x 7.6 cm.) -- and a blue silk cravat, embroidered with crest and initials "R.K.S.," 22½ x 24 in. (57.2 x 61 cm.)
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Ranji is remembered for his off cuts and other effortless strokes. As a batsman, he was what Alan Ross calls "the emodiment of free form, architecture without evident structure" (p. 141). But he was also the master of social style, the first person to drive a car in Cambridge, and the giver of expensive gifts which he felt to be in keeping with the grandeur of a Rajput prince. The present cigarette case and cravat, reputedly given as a personal gift to a member of the M.C.C., attest to his love of jewellery and clothes, and the particular delight he took in making a present of his own portrait.