BOUCHERON: an unusual tri-colour 9 carat gold cigarette case and cigarette lightermarks for Boucheron Manufacturing Company, the cigarette case also stamped 'BOUCHERON' to the rim, London 1951-52
The cigarette box; rectangular form with push-action opening, the cover engraved in three-colour gold with a scene of the Swiss Bernese Alps, the body profusely engraved with memories including: "Butterfly at 9000ft", "Look out Max", "Monopole 1943", "Belmark Bindings" and "The Sound of the Bell"; the lighter, plain rectangular form, the body profusely engraved with memories including: "Aston Martin DB2", "Soissons 9 Kilos" and "Hurray Hurray Its Whitsun Today", height of lighter 5.4cm, length of cigarette case 8cm, weight of cigarette case 122gms. (2)FootnotesProvenance: offered in these rooms Bonhams 20th November 2013.
Previous footnote references that this cigarette case and lighter were given by William Maxwell "Max" Aitken, Lord Beaverbrook, on a skiing trip, thence by descent.
BOUCHERON: an unusual tri-colour 9 carat gold cigarette case and cigarette lightermarks for Boucheron Manufacturing Company, the cigarette case also stamped 'BOUCHERON' to the rim, London 1951-52
The cigarette box; rectangular form with push-action opening, the cover engraved in three-colour gold with a scene of the Swiss Bernese Alps, the body profusely engraved with memories including: "Butterfly at 9000ft", "Look out Max", "Monopole 1943", "Belmark Bindings" and "The Sound of the Bell"; the lighter, plain rectangular form, the body profusely engraved with memories including: "Aston Martin DB2", "Soissons 9 Kilos" and "Hurray Hurray Its Whitsun Today", height of lighter 5.4cm, length of cigarette case 8cm, weight of cigarette case 122gms. (2)FootnotesProvenance: offered in these rooms Bonhams 20th November 2013.
Previous footnote references that this cigarette case and lighter were given by William Maxwell "Max" Aitken, Lord Beaverbrook, on a skiing trip, thence by descent.
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