A CONTINENTAL SILVER AND ENAMEL CIGARETTE CASE

probably Austrian, circa 1912, of rectangular form with rounded corners, the hinged cover enamelled with a couple dancing, the gentleman in evening dress and the lady in a white gown with a green sash, a rose garland and a plumed headdress, upon an engine-turned pale celadon ground, signed Fabiano, the gilt interior with an elasticated silk ribbon, the mounts initialled F.J.T. 7.5cm long, 2.6 troy ounces, Fabiano, F.J.T, Fabien Fabiano was the pseudonym of the French illustrator and portrait painter Jules Coup de Frejac (1882-1962), born at Lamballe in Brittany. His drawings of fashionable Parisian society appeared in La Vie Parisienne and Fantasio, and his signature is found upon enamelled cigarette cases of the period

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