étui à cigarettes en argent, Allemagne, début du XXe siècle

orné des armes en or des Habsbourg-Lorraine, l'intérieur gravé d'une inscription tardive datée 25 janvier 1920, dans son étui d'origine; avec un étui à cigarettes en argent par Louis Kupferheim, Pforzheim, vers 1920, guilloché à la façon d'un damasquin, l'intérieur gravé de noms dont celui Claus von Bismark, 7,5 cm, 3in ; un en argent, Alexander Sturm,  Vienne, orné des armes en or des marquis Pallavicini, 9 cm, 3 ½ in ; un en argent orné d'une biche en or, probablement  Eduard Klitscher, Vienne, circa 1930, 12 cm, 4 3/4 in ; une petite tabatière, le couvercle ciselé de chasseurs sur fond guilloché, poinçon de maître SLS, Vienne, 1830, 7,5 cm, 3in ; un étui à cigarette en écaille à monture en argent, orné en or du monogramme IP sous un tortil de baron, apparemment non poinçonné, 8,5 cm, 3 3/8 in ; un étui à cigarettes en cuir avec un panneau en argent gravé de vues de Salzbourg et émaillé d'armoiries, moderne, 9,5 cm, 3 3/4 in ; un étui à cigarettes en argent, chaque côté gravé de vues de Vienne, la Banque Nationale et l'Arsenal Civil, par Karl Zach, Vienne, début du XX^{e siècle, 9 cm, 3 1/2 in}

applied in gold with the arms of Habsburg-Lothringen, the interior with a later inscription dated 25^{th January 1920,} 9cm, 3 ½ in, in original case ; a silver and enamel cigarette case, Louis Kupferheim, Pforzheim, circa 1920, the exterior engine-turned to resemble damask, the interior inscribed with names including Claus von Bismark. 7.5cm, 3in ; a silver cigarette case, Vienna, maker's mark possibly Alexander Sturm, the corner applied with the gold coat-of-arms of Margrave Pallavicini, 9cm, 3 1/2 in ; a silver cigarette case applied in gold with a doe, probably Eduard Klitscher, Vienna, circa 1930, 12cm, 4 ¾ in ;  a small silver snuff box, the lid chased with huntmen on a engine-turned ground, maker's mark SLS incuse, Vienna, 1830, 7.5cm, 3in ; a silver mounted tortoiseshell cigarette case, applied in gold with monogram IP below a baron's coronet, apparently unmarked, 8.5cm, 3 3/8 in ; a modern leather cigarette case applied with a silver panel engraved with views of Salzburg and enamelled with the arms of a cardinal, 9.5cm, 3 3/4 in ; and a Viennese silver cigarette box, each side inset with a earlier colour print of Vienna showing views of the National Bank, and the Civil Arsenal, Karl Zach, Vienna, early 20^{th century, 9cm, 3 1/2 in}

All in very good clean condition, the 4th with a later inscribed dated 1951, the tortoiseshell with some wear.
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Nikolaus (Claus) Graf von Bismarck-Schönhausen, was born in 1896 and married in 1919 Brigitte von  Eichstedt-Peterswaldt. He died in 1940.