AN EARLY 20TH CENTURY ROYAL PRESENTATION CIGARETTE CASE, BY CARTIER
The rounded rectangular case, engraved with a sunburst motif to the rose-cut diamond-set crown, initials 'FM' and push-piece, the spring mechanism opening to reveal dual compartments with openwork clips of floral design, circa 1910, 9.8cm long, 5.5cm wide, with French assay marks for gold, in original red leather Cartier fitted case
Signed Cartier Paris-London, interior of case numbered 3045 1404 (secondary number indistinct)
Accompanied by a photograph by Franzen Madrid of H.R.H. Infante Maria of Spain in the uniform of the Spanish cavalry regiment Casadore de Lusitania, inscribed in ink 'To Lord Kintore, Fernando Maria, London 28-11-1911
AN EARLY 20TH CENTURY ROYAL PRESENTATION CIGARETTE CASE, BY CARTIER
The rounded rectangular case, engraved with a sunburst motif to the rose-cut diamond-set crown, initials 'FM' and push-piece, the spring mechanism opening to reveal dual compartments with openwork clips of floral design, circa 1910, 9.8cm long, 5.5cm wide, with French assay marks for gold, in original red leather Cartier fitted case
Signed Cartier Paris-London, interior of case numbered 3045 1404 (secondary number indistinct)
Accompanied by a photograph by Franzen Madrid of H.R.H. Infante Maria of Spain in the uniform of the Spanish cavalry regiment Casadore de Lusitania, inscribed in ink 'To Lord Kintore, Fernando Maria, London 28-11-1911
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