A German silver cigarette extinguisher, a Dutch silver pipe-cleaner and a Danish silver-plated paper weight

a German silver cigarette extinguisher, designed as an elephant, ; a silver pipe-cleaner surmounted by an elephant, 1906-53; a silver-plated paper weight designed as a stylised elephant's head, marked Dansk Designs Japan GC and EP ZINC (3) 

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