WAVE CREST CIGAR BAND DRESSER BOX, colorless, interior lined with cigar labels and silver foil, gilt metal mounts, original red satin lining. Not signed. The C. F. Monroe Co. Late 19th/early 20th century. 2 1/2" H, 4 1/2" D base.
Literature: See Cohen - Wave Crest, p. 53, center for a nearly identical example.
Provenance: Property of a Virginia private collector.
Catalogue Note: Cohen illustrates two examples of these extremely rare boxes and notes that they are the only two that he had seen.

Excellent undamaged condition, some light wear to interior lining.