Lot 10
  • 10

deux étuis à cigarettes en argent et vermeil, l'un probablement Allemagne, 1905, l'autre Autriche, vers 1925

Estimate
1,500 - 2,000 EUR
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Description

  • deux étuis à cigarettes en argent et vermeil, l'un probablement Allemagne, 1905, l'autre Autriche, vers 1925
  • silver, enamel
  • Long. 8,2 et 10 cm ; 3 1/4 et 4 in
l'un peint d'une odalisque, poinçon d'import de Londres 1905; l'autre d'un marchand d'esclaves, probablement Friedrich Schäffer, Vienne, vers 1925

one painted with an Eastern beauty, London import marks for 1905; the other with a slave seller, probably Friedrich Schäffer, Vienna, circa 1925




 

Condition

Both very good condition o enamel; the first has an erased inscription dated 1909; the second has a few very minor dents on the engine-turned reverse.
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