A narrow, vertically rectangular salmon-colored box, which sits open. The box has 'Cartier' engraved in gold lettering in the center of the underside of the box-top. Inside the box is a black, tubular cigarette holder. The cigarette holder has a silver trim on one tip, as well as about 3/4 of the way to the left of the holder.

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Object Timeline

	We acquired this object.
1920	Work on this object began.
1929	Work on this object ended.
2016	We photographed this object.
2017	We exhibited this object.
2024	You found it!

Object ID #907216421

This is a Cigarette Holder and Box. It was produced by Cartier. It is dated 1920s. Its medium is platinum, diamonds, and artificial resin.

By the 1920s most jewelers in the United States and Europe carried smoking accessories. The cigarette holder protected one’s fingers and eyes while also playing a significant social and fashionable role. Although men used cigarette holders, the Jewelers’ Circular credited the rise of female smokers to the cigarette holder industry, which used a great range of materials and eye-catching styles.

It is credited The Carolyn Hsu-Balcer Collection.

Matchsafe
gold, sapphire.
Gift of Stephen W. Brener and Carol B. Brener.
1978-146-471

with Retractable Inner Compartment Matchsafe

with Retractable Inner Compartment Matchsafe
gold, sapphire.
Gift of Stephen W. Brener and Carol B. Brener.
1978-146-469-a,b

Two glazed earthenware punchbowls on a gray background with white lighting. The bowls have distinct shapes and placements on the image. The one on the left is elevated, placed on a display cube. It curves upwards and swiftly out towards the rim. The one on the right, slightly larger, curves mostly upwards without the swift curving rim design on the left. The bowls are both in a blue tonal color with decorative motifs on their surface. Its surface is in dark blue with images made by scratches revealing a lighter blue color - the sgraffito technique. The left bowl has a “Cocktails and Cigarettes” theme with images that include glasses, bottles, bubbles, zigzags, and various shapes. The right bowl’s design called “The New Yorker (Jazz)” has a more abstract rendition of city nightlife with buildings, stars, and various shapes. The inner portions of the bowls also have images of stars, circles, and wavy lines on their surface.

Object ID #907130321
glazed earthenware with engobe, sgraffito.
Lent by The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Elizabeth Mather McMillan, 2000.128.
48.2016.3

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A rectangular black enamel lipstick case in a vertical orientation with shallow sliding lid. Located near the top is a gold disc inscribed in lower case letters “ne m'oubliez pas” which translates into forget-me-not filled in with black enamel in a composition mirroring the form of the disc. A collet-set round diamond adorns the center. The lipstick case could easily fit into the palm of your hand. The photograph captures the case from an angle where the front, top and left sides are visible as is a reflection against a white ground.

Lipstick Case, Forget-Me-Not, 1940
enamel, engraved gold, collet-set diamond, silver.
Lent by Private Collection.
13.2016.110

This Cartier brooch has a curving square frame and diamond studded elements around the frame. The square frame itself is smooth with curved edges but sharp corners, and gives off a light blue shade. The square has a row of square studs with four circular studs lining the interior shape and adding intricate detail. The square's top edge has a three-rowed diamond band hugging around the top of the square. The bottom edge of the square has the same three-rowed diamond band with the only difference being the hanging, studded trapezoid below it. There are matching diamond studded elements hinged on either side by a wider band of diamond and black stone square studs. The shape's longest sides are the width of the square and look like triangles, but with elongated, squared-off parallel lines off the corners, extending the length of the triangle slightly. The triangle's centers have a large circular stone surrounded by smaller studs that are arranged to mirror the triangle shape. The triangle's angled sides are outlined with black rock embellishments, and meet to a circular diamond on the corner. The hanging studded diamond and black rock trapezoid is hinged to an upside-down trapezoid with edged curves. In the center of the upside-down trapezoid, the curves meet to three circular stones. The bottom most stone has a studded circle around it; hinged off the studded circle are three spherical black stones. The three black stones are stacked and are a petal-like studded base that holds the pearl at the bottom, prominent in size to the whole piece.

Object ID #1042155089
platinum, diamonds, cultured pearl, onyx, rock crystal.
Lent by Cartier Collection, Inv. CL 235 A24.
86.2016.9

Pendant Necklace, Timken
emeralds, sapphires, diamonds, platinum.
Lent by Pierre Chen, Taiwan.
8.2017.1

Its dimensions are

L x W x D: 8 × 1.3 × 1 cm (3 1/8 × 1/2 × 3/8 in.)

This object was previously on display as a part of the exhibition The Jazz Age: American Style in the 1920s.

Short URL http://cprhw.tt/o/2oaHQr/
Accession Number 73.2016.6
Object ID 907216421