Small cigarette case

duckmcf · Post by **duckmcf** » Mon Mar 31, 2008 3:01 am

Hi Everyone,
I've had this very small cigarette case since 1985. It was my grandfathers, who was English, and so I'd always assumed that it too was English. Fast forward 2008 and I've finally decided to try and track down where it was made and who made it.

Anyway, as the pictures show, it can only hold 4 non-filter cigarettes. It appears that the makers mark is F.B.R and that it's 925 sterling. I've done a bit of a search of this site and found reference to F.B.R being F.B. Rathcke from Denmark, but it doesn't have the associated Danish assay mark so it may not be Danish. It also has the date letter d in an oval, but without an understanding of where it's from that doesn't help much.

Anyway, any information that you can provide on where it’s from, who made it and when would be very much appreciated.

Cheers
DMcF aka Noel
Melbourne - Australia

Post by **dognose** » Mon Mar 31, 2008 4:00 am

Hi Noel,

Welcome to the Forum.
They are British import marks, they indicate that your cigarette case was imported into Great Britain via the Glasgow assay office in 1926.

Regards Trev.

Post by **admin** » Mon Mar 31, 2008 5:50 pm

FBR is the sponsor's mark of the Glasgow importer, not a Danish maker.

Your response post has been deleted, you can not hotlink images from other websites, it infringes on their copyright.

duckmcf · Post by **duckmcf** » Mon Mar 31, 2008 6:11 pm

Arh yes of course, sorry about that.

duckmcf · Post by **duckmcf** » Mon Mar 31, 2008 6:16 pm

dognose wrote:Hi Noel,

Welcome to the Forum.
They are British import marks, they indicate that your cigarette case was imported into Great Britain via the Glasgow assay office in 1926.

Regards Trev.

Thanks Trev.

Cheers
Noel

PS I posted a follow up question with a couple of links from external sites, hence the smack from the admin, but they did answer my question which I'm very grateful for. Thanks again.