Rare Antique French 12 Tantalus Style Cigar Chest or Box, Ebony & Ornate Inlay. All items and photos are the express property of Antiques & Uncommon Treasure. No reproduction without prior written consent. We’ll be sending out sale notices and special deals to our’Favorites’ customers. Magnificent & rare antique French Victorian or Napoleon III era 12 tantalus style cigar chest or box with elegant ebonized veneers, ornate inlaid lid & serpentine front and opulent veneer lined interior with five trays slotted to hold up to 65 cigars! One of three similar boxes that we now have available in the jet black ebonized veneers & ornate inlay, one of the others a marked Paul SORMANI piece. The Sormani name has a long and lauded history as as one of the finest of the fine where French ebanistes or cabinet & box makers are concerned, ranking right up there with Tahan, Vervelle & Diehl to name a few of the most well known. This piece bears no maker marking, normally found on the inside brass or bronze locking plate. If you take a look at our other that is marked by Sormani, you’ll see they are so similar that one could just assume they’re from the same or equally renowned maker. There are two small spots of veneer chipping visible in the pictures, right and left front corners of the lid. The chest is raised on triangular shaped ebonized wood feet and I can’t be certain if they are original. Otherwise, just as you see it with no missing or damaged’cream’ colored inlay that I can see and the interior is in pristine shape. Working lock & key, too! See pictures for all measurements. Image Hosting by Ruby Lane. Icon here or above to see more of our inventory, offerings and venues. We have a HUGE assortment of the finest antiques to be found online, all at your fingertips with Antiques & Uncommon Treasure. We’re easy to deal with. You are very important! Our fine inventory is very important. And your ranking of our performance is also very important! We wish to keep our 4.9 – 5 star ratings in all categories. We always insure our items BUT, more importantly, pack them extremely well knowing that most are not replacable. Please remember that when leaving DSR ratings. Listing created with eLister 3.1.2 for Macintosh. From Black Magik Software. The item “Rare Antique French 12 Tantalus Style Cigar Chest or Box, Ebony & Ornate Inlay” is in sale since Friday, May 11, 2018. This item is in the category “Collectibles\Tobacciana\Cigars\Humidors\Antique & Vintage”. The seller is “antiquesuncommontreasure” and is located in San Marcos, California. This item can be shipped worldwide.