Antique Cigarette Case ID?

Hi All,

this is a little beauty with a couple ancient Marlboro's in it. I do not know how old, where from, or what design it is. Also, would it be called a Humidor, or is that just in reference to Cigar boxes? I would like to try and price it out, so appreciate your help.

Thanks much!

 

Just making your photos bigger

 

Yes, cigarette case; no, humidor. Really cool. Do you think any of the metal is silver, such as around the edge of the cover? Looks in good shape for something enameled.

 

I am taking some metal pieces to see what they actually are. I lost the picture showing it fully open. Many things are packed in storage to sell, so have to dig it out. I found a similar design on the web, hoping to find it again to see if the style is really the same. In the meantime, I hope others might have more info. Thanks!

 

Also, I had a terrible time sizing my pictures...what is a good pixel size to use? Thanks greatly.

 

Amy
This is a common problem - size of photos. I email them to myself as medium and then upload from my computer. Here are a couple of support forum posts that give an alternative.
https://www.antiquers.com/threads/using-an-android-phone-for-pics-on-antiquers.41709/

Resizing Photos On I-Phone

Hang in there you'll get it.

 

Dunno what the object is but the origin is China and the design also Chinese.

 

@daveydempsey or @Bookahtoo
Please move to Antique Discussion where a duplicate thread has been started.
Thank you.

 

Yes, I wasn't sure how. Can you delete this one? The new post has more details. Thanks greatly...

 

Better to delete the duplicate thread with no answers.
Add your new info to this thread where you already have some info.

 

I wonder if the figures are a depiction of the Eight Immortals. Looking at the fourth one from the left, it looks like he's a larger fellow and is showing his belly (can you verify?):

Zhongli Quan (鐘离權; Pinyin: Zhōnglí Quán)
Zhongli Quan was reputed to have lived during the Zhou dynasty (1122-256 BC). Among his many powers were transmutation and the knowledge of the elixir of life. His attribute is a fan, which can bring the dead back to life.
He is represented as a Fat Man with his bare belly showing.
Zhongli Quan represents the military man.

Reference URL:

https://www.nationsonline.org/oneworld/Chinese_Customs/eight_immortals.htm

 

Thanks so much. I will take more close ups of it. What would I search for to find more of this style on objects?

 

Amy
Another hint. If you want to communicate directly within the forum about another member's post, hit the reply button and this will send an alert to the member. Also you can put an "@" in front of their name, as in @sabre123 and a drop down box will appear so you can summon them.
Kiko

 

Geez, darned double threads, also see here:

https://www.antiquers.com/threads/id-old-metal-cigarette-case.54061/


~Cheryl

 

I could be reading way into this, but there's a water-spout in this depiction of the Eight Immortals and the Dragon King of the East Sea:
and on your cig. case, in the center(left and right), it looks like similar symbols for a water spout. I don't see any dragon, but a lot of sinuous shapes. Again, my brain may be making a correlation to substantiate my original Eight Immortals guess.

 

HAHA!! They appear to be OLD 'Camel' cigarettes ....strong with NO filters!!! Just a random FYI