2 May 2012
11:00 BST
Edinburgh
Stobhall, The Property of Viscount Strathallan; Silver and Jewellery
Back to auction 19872
Stobhall, The Property of Viscount Strathallan; Silver and Jewellery
Back to auction 19872
An Art Deco cigarette and cigar casket
Swiss, stamped Plojoux, Geneva
Of shaped rectangular form, the hinged lid with gilt interior and engraved with the facsimile signatures of delegates to The League of Nations, including Anthony Eden, Sean Lester, Sir John Simon, Dr Wellington Koo, Mr Nagaoka, etc., cedar lined with movable dividers, with two pull out drawers to the base, the lid with enamelled arms, length 36cm.
Of shaped rectangular form, the hinged lid with gilt interior and engraved with the facsimile signatures of delegates to The League of Nations, including Anthony Eden, Sean Lester, Sir John Simon, Dr Wellington Koo, Mr Nagaoka, etc., cedar lined with movable dividers, with two pull out drawers to the base, the lid with enamelled arms, length 36cm.
Sold for
£4,750
inc. premium
Footnotes
- Sir Eric Drummond, later 16th Earl of Perth, was the first secretary general at The League of Nations. For further information please refer to the introduction to this catalogue.
The signatures to the casket indicate this piece to have been made following the sixty-ninth session of the council which took place in Geneva from Monday October 3rd to Monday December 19th, 1932.
The proceeds from the sale of this lot are to be donated to The Innerpeffray Library.
The Innerpeffray Library (Scottish charity: SCO 013843) was founded by David Drummond, 3rd Lord Madderty, in 1680 as Scotland's first lending library. It is no longer a lending library, but the Library's fascinating collection of historic books, housed in a Georgian building beside the beautiful collegiate church of Innerpeffray Chapel, is open to the public and is one of Perthshire's least known but most charming historic attractions. www.innerpeffraylibrary.co.uk
Category: Decorative Arts / Silver
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