Art Deco Chinese Silver Cigarette Case Gilt Gold Inner

Beautiful Chinese silver cigarette case with makers name and hallmark. It has a lovely size and curve to fit snuggly in a trouser pocket or perhaps in a jacket.

Made by the Chinese maker, Zee Sung, it has a dragon in relief that curls around the front and back of the case. The dragon has two gemstones as eyes.

The inside of the case is gilded gold.

Can be used to put cigarettes or business cards in.

Inscribed From Bill to Harry. Shanghai 1931

This would appeal to anybody with any connections either now or in the past to the Far East, particularly to China or more specifically Shanghai.

History aficionados also would be interested in a case that by the inscription has gives some provenance by way of date, place and western names letting us know expatriates living and probably working in Shanghai at the beginning of the 1930s. A time of change and upheaval was just starting to get under way as the roaring 1920s drew to a close, and a civil war between the Kuomintang and Mao's Communists was taken advantage of by the Japanese to take control of many parts of Manchuria . Shanghai was divided up into foreign concessions of Britain, US, France and Russia at this time and was seen as the centre of decadence and flamboyance in the Far East.

Dimensions

Height 0.5cm at lowest points at ends and 1cm at highest point in middle as it's a curved case.

Depth 7.5cm

Width11.5cm

Weighs 146 grams

Condition:

Has surface wear and some scratches and marks. Has been thoroughly polished to help restore it to it's former glory. No dents.

There is no latch and no inner retainer. This can be restored at an additional cost if required.

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