AN ART DECO SILVER CIGARETTE BOX

AN ART DECO SILVER CIGARETTE BOX, makers Goldsmiths & Silversmiths Co. Ltd., London 1937, of tapering oblong form, the stepped cover with engine turning and polished black onyx thumbpiece, hinged and opening to reveal an engraved inscription "... Friend & Clerk for 15 years, Christmas 1940", and facsimile signature 'Gerald Goodwin', raised upon four straight gadrooned bracket feet, 7" wide (Illustrated)