Vintage Art Deco silvered cigar case or card case with gilt interior and engine turned decoration.
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Some age related wear. This is pictured as displayed with other items for sale separately and not included.
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12 cm wide
9 cm depth
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A standard cigarette case is a small, hinged box that is rectangular and thin. You’ll often see them with rounded sides and edges, so they can be carried comfortably in the suit pocket. A typical case will hold from eight to ten cigarettes comfortably inside. The cigarettes are held against the inner side of the case, sometimes just one or both sides. Today, elastic is used to keep the cigarettes in place, but for decades the cases came with individual holders to ensure the cigarette did not move when it was being transported.
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The cigarette case or tin as it was sometimes called, should not be confused with a cigarette box, which is larger and designed to hold more cigarettes in the comfort of the home. In the US, the boxes were often called “Flat Fifties” because they could store 50 cigarettes.
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Art deco or
'Decorative Arts'),[1] is a style of visual arts, architecture, and product design that first appeared in Paris in the 1910s just before World War I[2] and flourished internationally during the 1920s to early 1930s, through styling and design of the exterior and interior of anything from large structures to small objects, including clothing, fashion, and jewelry. Art Deco has influenced buildings from skyscrapers to cinemas, bridges, ocean liners, trains, cars, trucks, buses, furniture, and everyday objects, including radios and vacuum cleaners.[3]