ANTIQUE VICTORIAN ART NOUVEAU CARD CIGARETTE ASIAN EXPORT DRAGON STERLING

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~AN EXQUISITE AND VERY RARE ANTIQUE EARLY ART NOUVEAU STERLING REPOUSESE  CIGARETTE CASE HOLDER  IN A REPOUSSE DRAGON AND LOTUS FLOWER DESIGN. IT  ALSO HAS THE SAME DRAGON DESIGN ENGRAVED ON THE REVERSE SIDE-WHICH I HAVE NEVER SEEN BEFORE. THE CASE IS HALLMARKED/SIGNED WITH SILVER FRENCH, INDO-CHINA. PERHAP'S MADE IN FRANCE AND SENT TO INDO-CHINA FOR EXPORT???. ALL IN EXCELLENT VINTAGE CONDITION WITH NO METAL LOSS OR DENT'S. THE LID CLOSES VERY TIGHT AND SECURE.THE ELEGANT AND CHARMING CASE IS HIGH QUALITY WITH A VERY  UNIQUE PATTERN AND BEAUTIFUL DETAIL WITH HIGH RELIEF REPOUSSE DECORATION ON ONE SIDE WITH A LARGE DRAGON AND LOTUS FLOWER BLOOM'S???. THE PATTERN IS CRISP. THE HEAVY STERLING WEIGHT IS  147 GRAM'S. THE CASE IS  3  1/4" WIDE  BY 4 1/2" TALL . THE ENGRAVED INSIDE HAS THE NAME "NANCY" ON IT. " THESE ARE FRESH ESTATE PIECE'S RECENTLY ACQUIRED FROM AN HEIR OF THE ORIGINAL ESTATE OWNER". " ALL ITEM'S PRESENTED ARE FROM A SMOKE AND PET FREE ESTATE". THERE ARE MORE AMAZING ITEM'S TO BE LISTED FROM THIS UP-SCALE ESTATE HERE IN COLT'S NECK N.J.~ ENJOY!