Vintage "Fatima" Fortune Teller Cigarette Dispenser and Holder hand crank the piece blends romantic portraiture

the piece blends romantic portraiture with period branding to attract customers in shop windows and market displays

and visible usage of the license plates

MM - C-10417 - 082224

There are no visible gouges or deep scratches

Whitney was the first American baby carriage manufacturer and set the standard for wicker carriage design in the late Victorian and Edwardian eras

Vintage "Fatima" Fortune Teller Cigarette Dispenser and Holder hand crank the piece blends romantic portraiturec. 1920s 1930s; Kindel & Graham San Francisco, CA Novelty wooden cigarette dispenser and holder featuring a painted "Fatima" fortune teller or mystic head mounted within a turned wooden case. The carved and painted female face retains stylized Art Deco facial features with dramatic eyes, rouge cheeks, and an open mouth designed to dispense cigarettes, while the headwrap is adorned with fabric trim and a metallic star ornament. The surrounding turned