Skip to main content

This auction has ended. View lot details

You may also be interested in

Own a similar item?

Submit your item online for a free auction estimate.

Lot 536

A Thai white metal niello cigarette box
Bangkok circa 1950

18 – 19 April 2023, 10:00 BST
London, Knightsbridge

£400 - £600

Own a similar item?

Submit your item online for a free auction estimate.

How to sell

Looking for a similar item?

Our Home and Interiors specialists can help you find a similar item at an auction or via a private sale.

Find your local specialist

Ask about this lot

A Thai white metal niello cigarette box

Bangkok circa 1950
Of rectangular form, a hinged cover with thumbpiece, the centrally placed chased scene featuring Thai buildings, a temple, palm trees and a sailing boat to the foreground, with geometric and scrolling foliate repeating motifs to the borders and sides, silver juxtaposed against dark niello, to the front an inscription 'To our former Managing-Director P. G. Wertwijn Esq, With Best Compliments and All good wishes from the Staffs of HAGEMEYER TRADING CO. (STAM) LTD BANGKOK, 15th September 1952', on a stepped plinth base, length 20cm, weight 20oz.

Additional information

Bid now on these items

An important silver and enamel rose bowl by Maureen Edgar, Edinburgh, 1992