A CAST IRON AND WOOD CIGAR HUMIDOR WALL CABINET
Germany, late 19th century

Of rectangular shape, made of cast iron with an opening panel to the centre, featuring a central indigenous figure dressed in a skirt of palm leaves and smoking a cigar, set in an oval cartouche, surrounded by lush scrollwork of carved vegetal motifs, with a lock on the left side and key, flanking the central panel two Corinthian columns, their capitals showcasing typical Moorish faces, the cabinet surmounted by two reclined Ottoman bearded men smoking from a central waterpipe (huqqa or shisha), the interior divided into two wooden shelves with middle partition creating a total of four niches, the lower part of the interior with a long narrow rectangular drawer, the back signed "A.M. Nachf" and an inventory number 7199 A, 63cm x 34cm x 15.5cm.