Lot 43: INDIAN PRINCELY INTEREST:- AN AUSTRIAN SILVER AND ENAMEL CIGARETTE BOX

INDIAN PRINCELY INTEREST:- AN AUSTRIAN SILVER AND ENAMEL CIGARETTE BOX
MARK OF GEORG ADAM SCHEID, VIENNA, CIRCA 1910
Cover enamelled with the chateau of the Maharaja of Kapurthala at Musoorie, inscribed to rim Château de Kapurthala, Musoorie and engraved with the state arms to front, wood base and lining, gilt interior to cover
4 1/8 in. long (10.5 cm.)

This box belonged to Stella Mudge, the stage name of Alice Villiers (1904-1984), a Kent-born cabaret dancer at the Folies Bergere in Paris where she met and was seduced by Maharajah Paramjit Singh of Kapurthala (1892-1955). She became his third wife and took the title of Maharani Narinder Kaur on their marriage in 1937.