MID 20TH CENTURY

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A STAINED OAK AND PAINTED BRASS CIGAR BOX
MID 20TH CENTURY
In the form of a railway freight carriage carrying coal and painted with N B R to the sides, the hinged top revealing a divisioned interior and ash tray,
6½.in. (16cm.) high; 13in. (33cm.) wide; 6¼.in. (16cm.) deep

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Lot Essay

The 'North British Railway' originally connected Berwick and Edinburgh with a branch to Haddington. It was later extended to providing lines to Dundee, Glasgow, Aberdeen, St Andrews, Carlisle. It was amalgamated in to the London and North Eastern Railway in 1923.

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