This box allows you to show it as empty, or full of cigarettes, or indeed any other object that fits. The box, and others like it, were made in Japan. Search for Magic cigarette drawer box to find other examples.
Novelty cigarette boxes
This box allows you to show it as empty, or full of cigarettes, or indeed any other object that fits. The box, and others like it, were made in Japan. Another example is item N2479.
Fill this box up with cigarettes and when you want to offer one to a friend, simply press the small metal knob and a cigarette automatically shoots out. The case is filled with cigarettes by opening up a wooden slide on the side of the case. A patent number is given on the inside of the slide. Made in Japan.
This box allows you to show it as empty, or full of cigarettes, or indeed any other object that fits. The box, and others like it, were made in Japan. This one comes complete with its original instructions. Another example is item N2481.
The cigarette box is first shown empty, and when reopened cigarettes have magically appeared. This box has no markings to identify its source. However, another box Ref. no. N146, is stamped ‘GERMANY’.
The clockwork music box is activated when the hinged lid is opened to reveal the cigarettes.
When the top roller blind is opened to reveal the cigarettes on the top layer, the lower drawer automatically opens forward to reveal the lower level full of cigarettes. The word FOREIGN is stamped on the base. It was probably made in Japan.
Made in Japan. Each time the lid of the wooden box is opened, a painted sailor pops up holding a cigarette.
Made in Japan. Each time the lid of the wooden box is opened, a bird emerges holding a cigarette in its beak.
When the roll top lid is opened a small figure rises up holding a cigarette. Cigarettes are loaded into a compartment which is covered with a second roll top. Each time the figure retracts into the box, it is automatically loaded with the next cigarette ready for the next use.
Each time the top of the box is rolled open, a cigarette comes out of the lower draw and is held in place in the dog’s mouth. A store of cigarettes is held within the box.
When the roll top lid of this box is opened three cigarettes appear from the front of the box. The cigarettes can be taken by guests and when the lid is shut and reopened, three more cigarettes have replaced them. The cigarettes are stored in the box in the inner hopper.