Cigar cases in boldly–embroidered or painted rattan and leather such as these were mainstays of the merchandise of the invariably prosperous “sinamayeras” (embroidered textiles dealers) along Calle San Fernando in Binondo. Capitan Maximino Molo Agustin Paterno y Yamson’s four eldest sisters were all well–to–do “sinamayeras” who wisely invested their earnings in real estate and increased their fortunes: Doña Matea, Doña Maria Paz, Doña Juana (de Calleja), and Doña Martina Molo Agustin Paterno y Yamson (de Zamora). (Augusto M.R. Gonzalez III)
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One Lot of Three (3)
Woven Cigar Cases
c. 1880s
a) With floral design
b) With handwoven initials “MDC”
and the place “Tayabas” on the reverse;
c) ) With fine woven pattern in dark red and green
b) With handwoven initials “MDC”
and the place “Tayabas” on the reverse;
c) ) With fine woven pattern in dark red and green
a) 4 3/4" x 3" x 1" (12 cm x 8 cm x 3 cm)
b) 5 1/4" x 4" each
c) 5 1/2" x 3 1/2" (14 cm x 9 cm) each
b) 5 1/4" x 4" each
c) 5 1/2" x 3 1/2" (14 cm x 9 cm) each
SOLD: PHP 140,160
Provenance:
Don Pedro Alejandro Paterno (1857– 1911) and
Doña Luisa Piñeyro de Lugo y Merino (Sra. de Paterno, d. 1897)