拍品 311
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A COMBINATION CIGARETTE CASE AND LIGHTER DECORATED WITH THE S.S. NORMANDIE
The Jan J. Loeff Collection
A COMBINATION CIGARETTE CASE AND LIGHTER DECORATED WITH THE S.S. NORMANDIE

CIRCA 1935

細節
A COMBINATION CIGARETTE CASE AND LIGHTER DECORATED WITH THE S.S. NORMANDIE
CIRCA 1935
THE COMBINATION CIGARETTE CASE AND LIGHTER IN ENAMEL DECORATED ON THE EXTERIOR IN A BURLED MAPLE PATTERN AND ON THE INTERIOR LID WITH AN IMAGE OF THE S.S. NORMANDIE AND THE AIRPLANE QUESTION MARK ENGRAVED INTO A CREAM COLORED ENAMEL.
6¾ IN. (17.1 CM.) LONG.

拍品專文

THIS CIGARETTE CASE COMMEMORATES TWO TRAN-ATLANTIC RECORDS. QUESTION MARK, WHICH FLEW ON SEPTEMBER 1-2, 1930 IN THE FIRST NONSTOP WESTBOUND AIRPLANE FLIGHT OVER THE NORTH ATLANTIC, FROM PARIS TO NEW YORK CITY; AND THE S.S. NORMANDIE WHICH CAPTURED THE TRANS-ATLANIC RECORD BY SEA IN JUNE 1935.