This handmade French box dates to circa 1900 and it has been beautifully handcrafted using the traditional arts and crafts metal working skills from cut and beaten copper riveted together to form this superb cigar box which has been further enhanced with a fine repousse worked panel forming the hinged lid with an artistically hand embossed tobacco plant stem with leaves and flowers and very stylish letters producing the French word for tobacco.The box is hand finished throughout with hammered dimples producing an interesting textured finish. The box is in good original condition.Height 12cm x width 23cm x depth 15cmRobert Belcher Antiques was established in 1984 and is a high-quality retailer of interesting, rare antiques and decorative objects. After forty years of shop keeping and maintaining beautiful showrooms, which have been regularly open six days a week, Robert and Wendy have now taken a slightly different approach to their business. Having sold their retail premi...