Live Auction 17736Property from descendants of Their Majesties King George V and Queen Mary
A JAPANESE GOLD CIGARETTE CASE
Lot 67 Property from T.R.H. The Dukes of Gloucester

A JAPANESE GOLD CIGARETTE CASE

MARK OF THE MIYAMOTO COMPANY, FIRST HALF OF THE 20TH CENTURY

Closed13 December 2019

Price Realised

GBP 3,000

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A JAPANESE GOLD CIGARETTE CASE
MARK OF THE MIYAMOTO COMPANY, FIRST HALF OF THE 20TH CENTURY
The cover applied with a stylised silver chrysanthemum, the Imperial Seal of Japan, with gold push-piece
3 3/8 in. (85 mm.) wide

Presented to H.R.H. the Prince Henry, Duke of Gloucester (1900-1974) by a member of the Japanese Royal Family.

Specialist note

H.R.H. the Prince Henry, Duke of Gloucester visited Japan in May 1929, as the representative of his father King George V (1910-1936), in order to invest Emperor Hirohito of Japan (1901-1989) with the Order of the Garter. The ceremony took place at Imperial Palace in Tokyo on 3 May 1929. Later that day the Emperor invested the Duke of Gloucester with the Gold Collar of the Order of the Chrysanthemum at the Kasumigaseki Palace. The Emperor's brother, Prince Takamatsu (1905-1987) and his wife visited England on June 1930 and they were greeted by the Duke on their arrival in Dover. Another of the Emperor's brother's, Prince Chichibu (1902-1953), and his wife, attended the coronation of King George IV (1936-1952) in April 1937 and were called on by the Duke and Duchess at the Hyde Park Hotel.