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AN ITALIAN GOLD CIGARETTE CASE WITH JEWELLED MONOGRAM
CIRCA 1940
Large rectangular box of polished gold, the cover and sides engraved with laurel leaf garlands, the lid applied with Countess Mona Bismarck's jewelled silver monogram MB below a princely crown, within an engraved laurel leaf surround, the base engraved with a Greek key pattern, diamond-set silver thumbpiece
99 mm. wide
CIRCA 1940
Large rectangular box of polished gold, the cover and sides engraved with laurel leaf garlands, the lid applied with Countess Mona Bismarck's jewelled silver monogram MB below a princely crown, within an engraved laurel leaf surround, the base engraved with a Greek key pattern, diamond-set silver thumbpiece
99 mm. wide
Provenance
Countess Mona Bismarck (1899-1983), née Strader, who married in 1955 Count Albrecht von Bismarck, grandson of the first Prince and German Chancellor Otto von Bismarck.