Divine WMF Art Nouveau Cigarette Case & Match Safe w/ Box

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Divine WMF Art Nouveau Cigarette Case & Match Safe w/ Box
Divine WMF Art Nouveau Cigarette Case & Match Safe w/ Box
Divine WMF set made in Germany circa 1900 in Art Nouveau style, decorated with geometrical design. High quality metalwork is in excellent antique condition with original silver plating & finish. Decorated to both sides & showing exquisitely hand engraved monograms ‘JG’ surrounded by foliage. Hinges & clasps mechanisms are in very good vintage condition commensurate with age. The match safe has the striker to the top of the lid which snaps & closed tightly. Marked ‘I/O’ to the rim of the cigarette case. Design illustrated in the 1906 catalogue with the Nº193. The case is in very good condition with a couple of stains to the silk of the lid & normal signs of use, retailer's paper label. MEASUREMENTS: the cigarette case measures full 3 ½” long by 3 1/8” wide & the match safe 1 5/8” by 1 ½” wide, the case with matching Art Nouveau clasp is 8” long, 5 ¼” wide & 1 ¼” thick.
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