silver system "Cigarette Case & Matchsafe" cane
Ref : 17077
A fine system "Cigarette Case & Matchsafe" cane - the silver knopp handle with a hinged lid (with hallmarks and "PATENT No 2048" engraved inside) that opens to reveal a tube within the cane shaft for holding cigarettes, which can be pulled up to allow two side-holders for matches to appear on either side of the central tube - the handle mounted on a thick brown malacca shaft finished with its original brass ferrule
~ for a similar example, see Catherine Dike's "Cane Curiosa, from Gun to Gadget", Chapter 7: Tobacco, page 71, example 7/59
Date circa: 1899
Country: English
~ length of handle 3.75cm / 1.5in, overall length 84cm / 32.8in
price: £2250.00 / $2711.25
Ref : 17077
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