Tag: cigarette cases

Lapis lazuli smoking accessories. Art Deco. One cigarette box with a matching lipstick.

Gold mounted lapis lazuli cigarette case of upright form with rounded corners, the double threefold clasp centered with a ruby cabochon. ca. 1925. Art Deco. Continental. Apparently unmarked. Image © 2021 Sothebys. Fair use license. via https://www.sothebys.com/en/buy/auction/2021/a-gentlemans-cabinet-of-curiosities-the-collection-of-the-late-naim-attallah-cbe/an-art-deco-style-carved-lapis-lazuli-cigarette
Gem-set cigarette case with a rectangular outline. Carved lapis lazuli centering on a central triangular-shaped panel formed by fluted frosted rock crystal, accented by lozenge-shaped and calibré-cut diamonds and a cabochon jadeite, the center of intricately carved lapis lazuli flowers with diamond collet pistils. The corners further accented by two sugarloaf jadeite details. Single-cut diamond pushpiece opening to reveal a compartment. Mounted in white gold. ca. 1928. French. Van Cleef and Arpels, maker. Maker’s marks: Signed Van Cleef and Arpels, Paris, no. 31057; maker’s mark for Lacloche Frères; French assay mark. Image © Christie’s 2021. Fair use license. via https://www.christies.com/en/lot/lot-3888165
Matching cigarette case and lipstick baton. Gold inlaid turquoise, lapis lazuli, diamonds and cut sapphires. ca. 1929. Lent by a private collection for an exhibition at the Cooper Hewitt Museum in New York. ID#13.2016.49. Image Cooper Hewitt Museum. Fair use license. via https://collection.cooperhewitt.org/objects/420577147/
Cigarette holder. Tortoiseshell trumpet with a gem-set collar, lapis lazuli tip and gold detail, to an ivory stem and tortoiseshell bowl. ca. 1930. French, made in Paris by Cartier. Maker’s marks: French assay mark. Signed Cartier, Paris, maker’s mark, Number 01544.”. Image © Christie’s 2021. Fair use license. via https://www.christies.com/lot/lot-an-ivory-tortoiseshell-gold-and-lapis-lazuli-5429620/?

Art Deco cigarette cases . . . not making these anymore but what glorious days they must have been to smoke if you got to carry one of these around . . .

1930. Rose gold, silver, enamel and onyx.
1930. Rose gold, silver, enamel and onyx. Image © Christies. Fair use license. via https://www.decoweddings.com/1206/art-deco-cigarette-cases/

Lighter. 1920.
Lighter. 1920. Art Deco. French. Platinum and diamond. Cartier, maker. Image © Doyle Auctions. Lighter in the public domain due to age. via https://doyle.com/auctions/13jl02-important-jewelry/catalogue/372-art-deco-black-enamel-and-diamond-cigarette-lighter

Design for a cigarette case. 1936.
Design for a cigarette case that was presented to Mrs. Cole Porter at the première of her husband’s 1936 show, “Red, Hot and Blue.” 20th c. Verdura, maker. Image © Verdura. via http://www.jewelsdujour.com/2014/04/cole-porters-red-hot-and-blue-cigarette-case-by-verdura/