DUNHILL BOX, 1930's rectangular, jadeite and black... Lot 131

DUNHILL BOX, 1930's rectangular, jadeite and black onyx feet. On the lid is a Chinese jadeite statuette of an Immortal (top of the stick missing), accompanied at each corner by cabochons of sugarloaf amethysts, held in a closed setting, in 18K yellow gold. The interior reveals two compartments. Signed Dunhill. Test mark and master mark of Strauss Allard Meyer. Original case, fitted and stamped Dunhill. Dimensions : 170 x 105 x 35 mm approximately. A rectangular jadeite box with black onyx feet. On the lid, a Chinese jadeite statuette, representing an Immortal (top of the stick missing), with at each corner with sugarloaf cabochon amethysts and yellow gold. The interior reveals two compartments. Signed Dunhill. French assay mark and maker's mark for Strauss Allard Meyer, fitted case stamped Dunhill. Dimensions : 170 x 105 x 35 mm approximately. Alfred Dunhill (1872-1959) was an English tobacco merchant, entrepreneur and inventor. Today the Dunhill brand is famous for its cigarette boxes, pipes and luxury lighters. Strauss, Allard & Meyer were Parisian manufacturers of kits and other small boxes and accessories, operating in the 1920s and 1930s. They supplied famous jewellers such as Cartier, Van Cleef & Arpels and Lacloche.