Object number
200909.8.1
Title
Silver Cigarette Box
Creator
Description
A silver cigarette box with a simple push up lid, the box itself is made from wood and is covered in a thin sheet of silver. It has the Royal Engineers emblem on the top and the following message engraved below it "To LIEUT. J. D. P. LUMSDEN. R.E. From his Brother Officers of The 176th C. R.E. B.E.F, France". Along one side are two sets of hallmarks, one on the lid and one on the base. These hallmarks tell us that the box was hallmarked in London in 1917. On the bottom on the box it has the makers mark for "Mappin & Webb".
Date
1914 - 1918
Production period
World War One
Material
Dimensions
- Width: 141 mm
- Depth: 87 mm
- Height: 44 mm