Designer: Piero Fornasetti (1913 – 1988)

Item: Trofeo di Musica Musical Trophy Cigarette Box

Manufactured by: Piero Fornasetti

Country of origin: Italy

Year made: Circa 1950s

Materials: Steel, wood, lithographed images, paint and felt

Dimensions: 1 ¼” x 5 ½” x 3 ½”

Condition: Very good, with some scratches, and losses to the felt on the bottom corners, as shown.

References: Fornasetti, Barnaba, Fornasetti: The Complete Universe, Rizzoli (2010), page 500.

Description: Here is another original vintage Piero Fornasetti made slide box with his musical trophy design and early dovetailed corners on the wooden box.  This box has its original green felt bottom bearing the correct vintage impressed gold Fornasetti signature and logo.  Original vintage Fornasetti metal slide boxes are getting harder to find.