Paul Hasluck's Sterling Silver Cigarette Case with Piranesi Engraving
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A sterling silver quality cigarette case, Sir Paul Hasluck purportedly owned this fine-quality cigarette case probably of Australian origin. The case has a hinged lid with an engraved copy of the etching of Vedute di Roma: view of the Piazza del Popolo by Giovanni Battista Piranesi (1720 ? 1778). The box measures 160 x 120 x 30 mm. Weight: 424.7 grams.
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- Sterling Silver - Sterling silver is a mixture of 92.5% pure silver and 7.5% of another metal, usually copper. Fine silver is 99.9% pure silver, and is relatively soft and the addition of the very small amount of copper gives the metal enough strength and hardness to be worked into jewellery, decorative and household objects.
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