Antique Copper Box with Art Deco Details shield 4" wide x 6

4" wide x 6

but it would also be the perfect plate for carrying a bedtime snack

I purchased this piece from an estate in Boston that included a wonderful mix of interesting antique and mid-century objects collected through travels around the world

"Made in Japan"

Japan features incised designs including a woman holding fish

Antique Copper Box with Art Deco Details shield 4" wide x 6I 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.