Shagreen Galuchat and Ivory box

1920 art deco high quality and luxurious Shagreen (Galuchat / Shark skin) and Ivory box.
Very good condition.
Signed by famous Alfred Dunhill company.
More info about Shagreen on wikipedia : Here

A Short History of Alfred Dunhill
Alfred Dunhill, Ltd. is a British-based company, specialising in men's luxury leather goods, writing implements, lighters, timepieces, fragrances and clothing. The business was developed by Alfred Dunhill after he inherited his father's saddlery business on London's Euston Road The company is currently owned by Richemont. Developed in the mid 1950s, Dunhill produced one of the first butane gas lighters. This iconic design has remained relatively unchanged since and was regularly used by James Bond in both print and on the screen.
Abridged timeline
1893 – Aged 21, Alfred Dunhill takes over his father’s saddlery business and converts it into Dunhill’s Motorities, providing ‘Everything for the car but the motor’.
1903 – Alfred Dunhill’s first dashboard clock marks their entry into the timepiece arena.
1905 – Alfred Dunhill patents his Windshield Pipe, designed to allow comfortable smoking while driving or cycling.
1907 – Having retired from running the Motorities business, Alfred Dunhill opens a pipe, cigar and tobacco store among the men’s clubs of Duke Street, St. James’s, London SW1. 1910 – Alfred Dunhill opens a pipe factory near the store.
1915 – The trademark White Spot marking is added to Alfred Dunhill’s pipes.
1921 – Store opens in New York; Paris store opens three years later.
1927 – Alfred Dunhill launches the revolutionary Unique lighter, the first to be operated using just one hand.
1928 – Alfred Dunhill begins distributing the Namiki pen company’s maki-e lacquered pens.
1936 – The iconic Facet timepiece, based on Alfred Dunhill’s car head-lamp designs, is launched. 1941 – Alfred Dunhill’s Duke Street store is bombed during World War II; it was extended and rebuilt in the 1950s and recently renovated.
1956 – The Rollagas butane lighter is launched.
1963 – Manufacture of Dunhill brand cigarettes starts.

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