Description
Overview
A slim hinged metal case with closely spaced horizontal engine-turned-style stripes across its front face. Opened, the polished interior reveals the familiar format of a cigarette or personal-accessory case, with an interior retaining strip and a central metal clasp.
Key Details
- Object: Flat rectangular folding cigarette or pocket case
- Exterior decoration: Fine parallel horizontal ribbing with intermittent polished lines
- Interior: Bright metal surfaces with cigarette-retaining bar or strip
- Opening: Side hinge and front fastener
- Metal: Solid silver (owner-confirmed; precise fineness not independently verified)
- Metal mark: Small interior stamp or impression visible but not sufficiently legible to assign an assay
- Internal inventory reference: SP-SD-017 / Sahel Project / Silver & Decorating / 017
Hallmarks & Construction
The owner confirms this case is solid silver. The interior stamp has not been sufficiently decoded to establish a precise fineness, so no sterling or other numerical purity is asserted.
Design & Finish
Its fine parallel-line surface resembles classic machine-engine-turned personal accessories. The ribbing catches light across a notably crisp rectangular silhouette.
Technical Details
Exact dimensions, weight, maker identity and historical provenance have not been provided. The photographs document the current object and its visible details. The listing is intentionally conservative where a particular metal, stone, manufacturing technique or historical date cannot be confirmed.
Collector Notes
A distinctive vintage accessory for a curated decorative-object collection. The item is catalogued by its visible construction, decoration and markings rather than speculative attribution.
Condition
Visible minor contact marks, darkening in recessed lines and wear on inner surfaces. Both open and closed configurations are pictured; a functional closing test has not been independently documented.
Authenticity & Material Disclosure
421Luxury records marks and design elements as seen. Solid silver composition is confirmed by the owner, while exact fineness remains unassayed and no unverified maker attribution is made. Any functional or material aspects not independently tested are expressly disclosed.
Shipping & Care
Carefully protected and dispatched from Turin, Italy, using signature-required delivery where available. Please handle solid silver fittings, engraved surfaces and any inlays carefully. A 12-month working lighter guarantee applies only to lighters expressly verified and sold as functional; this product is not represented as tested or warranted to ignite.
