Cigarette Case

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Cigarette Case

This is a Cigarette Case.

This object is not part of the Cooper Hewitt's permanent collection. It was able to spend time at the museum on loan from Anonymous as part of The Jazz Age: American Style in the 1920s.

It is dated ca. 1930. Its medium is platinum, sapphires, diamonds.

A cigarette case, by Cartier from about 1930, highlights the combination of sapphires and diamonds so favored by socialites during the late 1920s.

It is credited Lent by Siegelson, New York.

Platinum cigarette case made to look like an envelope. It is engraved in hand-written script with the name and address of Al Jolson, a singer/actor (1886-1950). A diamond thumbpiece opens the cigarette case.

Cigarette Case, ca. 1935
engine-turned silver and enamel.
Lent by Mr. and Mrs. Jeremiah Milbank III.
1.2017.1

A cigarette holder fabricated in colorful plastic with a streamlined body. The light green area used for the mouthpiece is rounded then progresses into a form with squarish corners for more than half of the body. The attached part has a small dark section, probably used as a filter for the smoke. It is attached to the remainder of the body having squarish sides, manufactured in tan plastic that expands slightly into the opening where a green plastic covers the corners at the tip. The photograph captures the cigarette holder against a light gray background.

Object ID #907216417
plastic.
The Carolyn Hsu-Balcer Collection.
73.2016.5

Object ID #1024497197

Object ID #1024497197
gold, platinum, ebonite, citrine, diamonds, enamel.
Lent by Cartier Collection, Inv. CM 29 C21.
86.2016.5

Our curators have highlighted 2 objects that are related to this one.

Pendant Necklace, Timken

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

Drawing, Design for Textile: "Party Ashtray"

Drawing, Design for Textile: "Party Ashtray"
white, blue, and red-orange pastel on black wove paper .
Gift of Donald Deskey.
1975-11-20

Its dimensions are

L x W x D: 8.3 × 6.4 × 1.3 cm (3 1/4 × 2 1/2 × 1/2 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/2oaHbH/
Accession Number 61.2016.6
Object ID 907214233