GERMAN CIGARETTE CASE, CIGARETTE HOLDER, MATCH SAFE

GERMAN CIGARETTE CASE, CIGARETTE HOLDER, MATCH SAFE
EXTREMELY RARE GERMAN SILVER CIGARETTE CASE, CIGARETTE HOLDER, MATCH SAFE

German, ca 1885-1910. These items are unique set that were created exclusively for the Ottoman Sultan, but were never used.

The Cigarette Case still retains the tissue liners on the interior. A custom matching set including a cigarette holder, Cigarette Case and match safe in .800 gilt silver by Lutz and Weiss, made for the Sultan of Turkey.
Each piece engraved with the monogram of the Ottoman sultan. The Cigarette Case engraved with the entire crest. Match safe marked on interior rim, cigarette holder marked on exterior, Cigarette Case marked on clasp.

SIZE: Case ht. 3 3/4, wd. 3 1/4 inches, safe ht. 2, wd. 1 3/4 inches, holder lg. 3 7/8 inches.

Very rich color. Extremely rare items with extremely fine condition !! Please note: last image is for sample only.

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WIKIPEDIA: The Ottoman Empire historically known to its inhabitants and the Eastern world as the Roman Empire, and known in Western Europe as the Turkish Empire or simply Turkey, was a state and caliphate that controlled much of Southeast Europe, Western Asia and North Africa between the 14th and early 20th centuries. It was founded at the end of the 13th century in northwestern Anatolia in the town of Sogut (modern-day Bilecik Province) by the Oghuz Turkish tribal leader Osman I. Although initially the dynasty was of Turkic origin, it was Persianised in terms of language, culture, literature and habits. After 1354, the Ottomans crossed into Europe, and with the conquest of the Balkans, the Ottoman beylik was transformed into a transcontinental empire. The Ottomans ended the Byzantine Empire with the 1453 conquest of Constantinople by Mehmed the Conqueror. With Constantinople as its capital and control of lands around the Mediterranean basin, the Ottoman Empire was at the centre of interactions between the Eastern and Western worlds for six centuries. While the empire was once thought to have entered a period of decline following the death of Suleiman the Magnificent, this view is no longer supported by the majority of academic historians. The empire continued to maintain a flexible and strong economy, society and military throughout the 17th and much of the 18th century. However, during a long period of peace from 1740 to 1768, the Ottoman military system fell behind that of their European rivals, the Habsburg and Russian empires. The Ottomans consequently suffered severe military defeats in the late 18th and early 19th centuries, which prompted them to initiate a comprehensive process of reform and modernisation known as the Tanzimat. Thus, over the course of the 19th century, the Ottoman state became vastly more powerful and organised, despite suffering further territorial losses, especially in the Balkans, where a number of new states emerged.