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  • We acquired this object.

1927

  • Work on this object began.

2017

2024

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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 Private Collection as part of Jeweled Splendors of the Art Deco Era: The Prince and Princess Sadruddin Aga Khan Collection.

It is dated 1927. Its medium is enamel, gold.

It is credited Lent by Private Collection.

  • Cigarette Case, Envelope
  • gold, enamel, cabochon sapphires, mount of 18-karat gold.
  • Lent by Private Collection.
  • 13.2016.77

Its dimensions are

L x W x D: 10.5 × 8.3 × 1.3 cm (4 1/8 × 3 1/4 × 1/2 in.)

It has the following markings

29265;

It is signed

Van Cleef & Arpels

It is inscribed

"Kate from Sadri, Thirty years (and more) of happiness, 25 November 2002"

This object was previously on display as a part of the exhibition Jeweled Splendors of the Art Deco Era: The Prince and Princess Sadruddin Aga Khan Collection.

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