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Unique & Highly Decorative Oriental Inspired Humidor, Continental, circa 1920

About the Item

A most unique and highly decorative orientalist inspired tobacco humidor, showing a hexagonal shaped composition body similar to chalk-ware, decorated with match pockets moulded as oriental masks set against tassel framed panels with alternating ribbed strike surfaces, fitted with a conforming lid having a finial in the form of an oriental woman with high chignon hair, decorated overall in a striking glossy vermillion-red paint. Likely of Austrian or German manufacture.
  • Dimensions:
    Height: 5.5 in (13.97 cm)Diameter: 5.5 in (13.97 cm)
  • Style:
    Chinoiserie (In the Style Of)
  • Materials and Techniques:
    Composition,Hand-Painted,Molded
  • Place of Origin:
  • Period:
  • Date of Manufacture:
    circa 1920
  • Condition:
    Wear consistent with age and use. In very good overall condition with only minor surface wear.
  • Seller Location:
    Ottawa, CA
  • Reference Number:
    1stDibs: LU2728322651562
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