Rare Alfred Philippe Crown Trifari Enamel & Rhinestone Cigarette Case in Holder

Description

This auction is for a rare vintage Alfred Philippe Crown Trifari enameled cigarette case (or I have seen the cases used for tissues) with typical Trifari beads and rhinestone art deco style decoration on the front.  The case is enameled in a cream color.  The decoration has either darkened stones due to age, or they were dark when they were put in.  The all appear to be the same color, so I am guessing they were tiny dark gray stones originally.  There are three little shoe button beads in the design as well.  The case is in the original holder that is marked with the Crown Trifari mark.  The case is in good condition with some wear to the plush material from age and use.  Overall great vintage condition with no dents to the case, rips or tears to the holder.  The interior of the holder appears to be silk or a satin material and there is some staining on the inside only.  This case measures 5 1/4" from end to end and about 3" from top to bottom.  Rare and unique piece by a famous and extremely collectible costume jewelry maker of the era!
PLEASE NOTE:  Although all my jewelry listings will be marked that returns are not accepted (due to eBay's change of policy from 14 day returns to 30 days). If an item is damaged in shipment or there are any condition issues that I missed, please send me a note and a photograph.  No returns will be accepted without a photograph.   We will not accept returns because an item "does not fit" or because the buyer "changed their mind".
We only ship our jewelry in a box, so be sure to check out our other listings and our eBay store items (over 1950, all on sale).  Several pieces of jewelry will ship for the same price as one piece, or jewelry can ship with larger pieces at no extra cost.  We don’t mark up our items by a great amount, so reasonable offers only please. We do have a layaway plan available for items or groups of items totaling 0 or more. We will only ship eBay global shipping to China, Italy, Russia and Australia due to the loss of many items in the past. I am happy to ship to third party shippers for my international clients as well.   Great low starting bid, and being sold with NO RESERVE