A RUSSIAN BRASS CIGAR BOX

CIRCA 1900

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A RUSSIAN BRASS CIGAR BOX
CIRCA 1900
Realistically modelled as a wooden cuban cigar box from the firm H. Upmann, with Russian tobacco paper tax bands
6.7 cm. high x 11.2 cm. wide x 9.3 cm. deep

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Lot Essay

Silver and brass trompe l'oeil cigar boxes engraved to imitate original wooden boxes were fashionable in Russia from circa 1870 to the early 20th Century. The H. Upmann brand dates back to 1844, when Herman Upmann, a German banker, began using specially imprinted boxes of cigars to promote his bank.

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