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1930

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2017

2025

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Vanity And Cigarette Case, Noble Hunt, 1930

This is a Vanity and Cigarette Case.

This object is not part of the Cooper Hewitt's permanent collection. It was able to spend time at the museum on loan from Private Collection as part of Jeweled Splendors of the Art Deco Era: The Prince and Princess Sadruddin Aga Khan Collection.

It is dated 1930. Its medium is mother-of-pearl, hardstone, gold, rose-cut diamonds, enamel, mirrored plate glass.

It is credited Lent by Private Collection.

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Its dimensions are

L x W x D: 8.8 × 5.6 × 2 cm (3 7/16 × 2 3/16 × 13/16 in.)

It has the following markings

Van Cleef & Arpels; no. 33546; French assay marks

This object was previously on display as a part of the exhibition Jeweled Splendors of the Art Deco Era: The Prince and Princess Sadruddin Aga Khan Collection.

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