A French painted chrome cigarette dispenser modelled as a brown leather football, titled OLYMPIA, believed to have been made as a souvenir for the 193
Hammer:
£35
Estimate:
£50 - £80
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A French painted chrome cigarette dispenser modelled as a brown leather football, titled OLYMPIA, believed to have been made as a souvenir for the 1936 Olympic Games, with top-mounted ring pull to lift upper hemisphere revealing numerous gilt-metal cigarette holders, mechanism in need of attention, diameter 13cm., 5in. Provenance: Torino Olympic Stadium Museum of Sport