PMSE-022 Red Enameled Cigarette Case with Vesta

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Red Enameled Cigarette Case with built-in Vesta

IMSA#: PMSE-022

Estimated Date: Circa 1900

Country of Origin: Austria

Manufacturer: George Adam Scheidt

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Material: Silver and enamel

Markings: There is an inscription that is difficult to read (see image) and dated 1907.

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Description and Comments: This combination vesta and cigarette case was made by the noted enamellist and silver worker G. A. Scheidt, a member of the secessionist movement in Austria. Please notice the guilloche design beneath the red enamel. It is beautiful and difficult to execute.