Lot 250
  • 250

An Austrian silver mounted hippo tusk handled cigar cutter, Georg Adam Scheid, Vienna, circa 1900

Estimate
2,000 - 3,000 GBP
bidding is closed

Description

  • Silver, Ivory
  • 28cm., 11in. long
in the form of a stags head with red-glass eyes, fifteen-point antlers, push-button operated cutter, 900 standard

Condition

The cutter is operational. The ivory with various cracks and crazes running through the tusk which are probably natural.
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