Wings and Strings, Striking Art Deco Etched and Gilded Cigarette Case vintage beatles drawing It has endured very well

It has endured very well

Sliding off the lid on one side reveals one board

looks almost as if an intentionally crafted false leg

All in very good

which I'd guess dates to the mid-20th century or so

Wings and Strings, Striking Art Deco Etched and Gilded Cigarette Case vintage beatles drawing It has endured very wellNot exactly my usual thing, but I was completely seduced by this and could not walk away. It is a cigarette case, c. 1920s or so I believe, with a gold toned metal strap inside that is designed to be easily removed, such that it could certainly be used for other things. The material is some sort of hard plastic, celluloid or similar, but reads like etched glass, and for me this very much calls to mind verre eglomise patch and candy boxes of a century