Posted 8 years ago
buddylove
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I have an Art Deco french cigarette case with multiple signatures and I was wondering if any one would have an idea to it's origin ?
There is an inscription on the inside which reads as this.
Noir assassin de la ville et de l'art tu ne tueras jamais dans ma mémoire celle qui fut mon plaisir et ma gloire
13 VII 20
Le souvenir est l'unique paradis du quel l'on ne peut etre expulse
Black assassin of the city and art you will never kill in my memory that which was my pleasure and my glory
13 VII 20
The memory is the only paradise from which we can not be expelled
Very nice case.
Interesting indeed ... a gift to Florence from Raymond.
À ma chère amie Florence, Raymond.
It's has "Cecile" on the top so I guess it belonged to Cecile....
Intriguing! Tons of clues here... but what do thet mean? A Swiss medal from 1923, the flag which looks like the flag of Uruguay, but with "ARC" in the corner. The dedication could also be from the best friend Florence Raymond... The numbers 5 6 11 21 19.
BTW the inscription is the last strophe from Charles Baudelaire's poem "Un Fantôme".
Maybe from Switzerland from some sport team or university?
Like this club is similar (not telling is this one) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FC_Zürich but you can maybe look that way
At the bottom of the inside under the inscription, written in French, is says "This is a souvenir............." Can any one read the rest of it?
The souvenir is the only paradise from which one cannot be expeled