14kt Gold Cigarette Case

Description:

14kt Gold Cigarette Case, with engraved armorial and motto "Non Videri Sed Esse," 84.3 dwt, maker's mark for Battin & Co., Newark, New Jersey.

Note: The armorial and motto match those on the watch case of lot 346, belonging to American athlete Truxtun Hare.
Estimate $1,500-2,000

Motto translates to not seeing but being.

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