Antique Copper Box with Art Deco Details engraved 5 inches at the base

5 inches at the base

Embodying many hours of careful and dexterous labor

as there are a few bits of paper stuck to a couple of the horse’s feet

Based on several other watercolors by the same artist

I am not certain of its origin--the palette and design feels rather Scandinavian

Antique Copper Box with Art Deco Details engraved 5 inches at the baseI imagine this elegant copper cigarette box set on a mahogany table in some richly appointed library or drawing room back in the day, filled with cigarettes ready to be offered graciously to guests sitting in leather club chairs and enjoying lively conversation! I am guessing it dates from the 30s, though am unsure of its maker; it is stamped on the bottom with the initials CP and a fleur de lys, but I have not been able to identify it by those marks.