An extraordinary Victorian silver-mounted smoking compendium
An extraordinary Victorian silver-mounted smoking compendium
Henry William Dee, London 1878
Rectangular, the top centred by a half-submerged hippopotamus, his two nostrils acting as the lighters, the four corners with vertical teeth acting as taper holders, the top also with a match safe and striker, along with two removable ash trays, with two lockable drawers, the handles formed of two large hippopotamus tusks, length 47cm.
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An extraordinary Victorian silver-mounted smoking compendium
Henry William Dee, London 1878
Rectangular, the top centred by a half-submerged hippopotamus, his two nostrils acting as the lighters, the four corners with vertical teeth acting as taper holders, the top also with a match safe and striker, along with two removable ash trays, with two lockable drawers, the handles formed of two large hippopotamus tusks, length 47cm.
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