Ethiopian Empire interest. A cigarette case decorated with the cypher of Emperor Haile Selassie I of Ethiopia (1930-1975), stamped 800, Florence, c.1950, the lid designed with applied cypher and foliate scroll decoration (unmarked yellow metal), in...

Ethiopian Empire interest. A cigarette case decorated with the cypher of Emperor Haile Selassie I of Ethiopia (1930-1975), stamped 800, Florence, c.1950, the lid designed with applied cypher and foliate scroll decoration (unmarked yellow metal), in a fitted navy blue leather case with golden imperial cypher to lid, 9.5 x 10.2cm, approx. weight 6oz

Provenance: Reputedly gifted to the owner's father by Emperor Selassie in the 1960s. The case was reputedly made by Italian silversmith Ervi Aldo Fu Salomone of Florence
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