Silver-Gilt Cigarette Box by Karel Bartosik, Hallmarked, 1986

View Similar Items

Patterned Silver Cigarette Box, Hallmarked, 1960

Little Silver and Enamel Cigarette Box

1900s Antique Chinese Export Silver Cigarette Box

Japanese Meiji Silver & Mixed Metal Cigarette Box

Elegant Cigarette Box Silver and Enamel with Bouquet Motif

Mappin & Webb Ltd Art Deco Style Sterling Silver Cigarette Box

Classic Cartier Silver Plated Cigarette Lighter & Red Cartier Box Serviced

Very Rare P H Vogel & Co Antique Shagreen Cigarette Case Silver & Gold Gilt

Hermes Solid Silver Cigarette Box & Matchbox With Gold Horse Detail c.1960

Art Deco Sterling Silver Cigarette Cigarette Case - Goldsmiths & Silversmiths

Gilt Copper Sterling Bronze Co. Cigarette Box with Angel Details, Circa 1920s

20thC German Solid Silver, Ceramic & Boar Tusk Cigarette Box Holder & Ashtray

Want more images or videos?

Request additional images or videos from the seller

1 of 10

Silver-Gilt Cigarette Box by Karel Bartosik, Hallmarked, 1986

About the Item

An extraordinary silver-gilt smokers compendium modelled as a Benson and Hedges cigarette packet by Karel Bartosik hallmarked, London, 1986. The box is a scaled up replica of a packet of ten cigarettes engraved and embossed with the logos and typography of the time. The exterior of the box is a matte, satin finish to replicate the original packet and the interior is highly polished. There is an ingenious hinged partition in the top of the lid that takes cigarettes and rises automatically when the lid is lifted. This leaves a large cigar compartment in the main body of the box. At the time of the box’s creation B&H’s were at the height of their fame driven by a subliminal advertising Campaign by Collett Dickenson Pearce under the leadership of Colin Millward, a man that Charles Saatchi dubbed “an advertising genius”. The golden packet has become an icon of Eighties design. Karel Bartosik is a renowned and respected jeweller and miniaturist whose works are represented in the silver galleries of the Victoria and Albert Museum, London and private collections. A silver figural lighter and a silver and gold miniature suitcase are exhibited in the Jewellery Rooms 91 to 93 of The William and Judith Bollinger Gallery of the V&A. Bartosik was born in England but his parents were of Dutch and Czech origin. Between 1946-1967 he lived in Czechoslavakia and worked initially for a costume jewellery manufacturer. On his return to England he joined the workshop of Andrew Grima in London, where he stayed for several years. Later he became a technician at the Royal College of Art in the Goldsmithing, Silversmithing, Metalwork and Jewelry Department (1991-2007). (Source: V&A Catalogue) Dimensions: 9.5cm / 3 3/4” x 19cm / 7 1/2” x 4cm / 1 1/2” Bentleys are members of LAPADA, the London and Provincial Antique Dealers Association. All prices are net of VAT for export outside the EU.

Dimensions:
Height: 1.5 in (3.81 cm)Width: 7.5 in (19.05 cm)Depth: 3.75 in (9.53 cm)
Materials and Techniques:
Silver
Period:
1980-1989
Date of Manufacture:
1986
Condition:
Seller Location:
London, GB
Reference Number:
1stDibs: LU96007699943

More From This Seller

View All

Patterned Silver Cigarette Box, Hallmarked, 1960

By Padgett & Braham Ltd

Located in London, GB

Sterling silver cigarette box with engraved geometric pattern to the top and cedar wood lining to the interior. By Padgett & Braham, hallmarked London 1960. Dimensions: 16.5cm/6½ in...

Category

Vintage 1960s British Sterling Silver

Materials

Sterling Silver

Patterned Silver Cigarette Box, Hallmarked, 1960

$4,976

Sterling Silver Cigar Compendium, hallmarked 1897

Located in London, GB

A stylish Sterling silver box made to house cigars, cigarettes and matches, each in their own separate compartment. Made in hallmarked silver; London 1897 and with the cigar compartm...

Category

Antique 1890s English Sterling Silver

Materials

Silver

Sterling Silver Cigar Compendium, hallmarked 1897

$6,220

Sterling Silver Cigar Tube, Hallmarked Birmingham 1875

Located in London, GB

Splendid sterling silver cigar case designed to hold a single cigar. Hallmarked Birmingham 1875 and stamped with maker's mark. Dimensions: 11 cm/4⅜ inches (length) x 2 cm/¾ inch (ma...

Category

Antique 1870s British Tobacco Accessories

Materials

Sterling Silver

Sterling Silver Cigar Tube, Hallmarked Birmingham 1875

$760

Sterling Silver and Marble Offshore Power Boat Racing Trophy, Hallmarked 1983

Located in London, GB

A superb sterling silver period facsimile of the James Beard Memorial Trophy in hallmarked silver on a marble base originally commissioned by an early recipient of this nautical award. Makers mark for Pobjoy Mint, the makers of the actual trophy, and hallmarked London 1983. The trophy is awarded to the world offshore speed record holders in Class 1 power boat...

Category

20th Century British Sterling Silver

Materials

Marble, Sterling Silver

Sterling Silver and Marble Offshore Power Boat Racing Trophy, Hallmarked 1983

$16,588

Puiforcat Ridged Silver Cigarette Box, circa 1940

By Jean Puiforcat

Located in London, GB

A stylish cigarette box in reeded silver with cedar lining by Jean Emile Puiforcat (1897-1945), French Art Deco silversmith, sculptor and designer...

Category

Vintage 1940s French Sterling Silver

Materials

Silver

Puiforcat Ridged Silver Cigarette Box, circa 1940

$6,220

Tiger's Eye and Sterling Silver Box, Hallmarked Birmingham1905.

By Israel Sigmund Greenberg

Located in London, GB

Exceptionally rare sterling silver and tiger's eye box, originally designed to house cigarettes. A sterling silver frame with ball feet contains panels of tiger's eye with the interi...

Category

Antique Early 1900s British Sterling Silver

Materials

Quartz, Sterling Silver

Tiger's Eye and Sterling Silver Box, Hallmarked Birmingham1905.

$7,603

Antique Late 19th Century German Tobacco Accessories

Materials

Silver, Enamel

Little Silver and Enamel Cigarette Box

$764

1900s Antique Chinese Export Silver Cigarette Box

Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne

A fine and impressive antique solid Chinese Export Silver cigarette box; an addition to our diverse silver box collection This fine antique Chinese Export Silver (CES) cigarette box has a plain rectangular form with rounded corners. The surface of the body of the box is plain with an applied molded border to the rim. The subtly domed hinged cover of the box is ornamented with the contemporary engraved monograph initials ‘CBK’ in addition to a moulded border to the rim. The hallmarks struck to the underside of this impressive box include: Maker's mark: WH (Wang Hing & Company) Silver quality/purity mark: 90 (900/1000) Character mark: Untraced. Note: The majority of such boxes have a wood lining to the interior to provide strength, due to a poor gauge of silver; a sign of quality when examples are unlined and of solid silver. Condition This antique cigarette box...

Category

Early 20th Century Cypriot Other Tobacco Accessories

Materials

Silver

1900s Antique Chinese Export Silver Cigarette Box

$1,794

Japanese Meiji Silver & Mixed Metal Cigarette Box

Located in Milford, NH

A fine Japanese Meiji silver and mixed metal cigarette box with bird and foliate decoration on the cover, signed on cover, and ebonized wooden inte...

Category

Antique Late 19th Century Japanese Tobacco Accessories

Materials

Silver, Copper

Japanese Meiji Silver & Mixed Metal Cigarette Box

$2,400

Elegant Cigarette Box Silver and Enamel with Bouquet Motif

Located in Vienna, AT

For sale is an elegant cigarette box. It is made from solid silver and is stamped with the Diana Head which was the official hallmark of the Austrian-Hungarian Empire and exclusively...

Category

Antique Late 19th Century Austrian Tobacco Accessories

Materials

Silver, Enamel

Elegant Cigarette Box Silver and Enamel with Bouquet Motif

$882

Mappin & Webb Ltd Art Deco Style Sterling Silver Cigarette Box

By Mappin & Webb

Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne

An exceptional, fine and impressive vintage Elizabeth II English sterling silver cigarette box in the Art Deco style; an addition to the ornamental silverware collection. This exc...

Category