■Antique Cigar Cutter Sterling Silver Fox w Jade & Emerald GA Scheid 1867 #3649 For Sale
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■Antique Cigar Cutter Sterling Silver Fox w Jade & Emerald GA Scheid 1867 #3649:
$854.60
Item: Antique Cigar CutterDated: 1867Materials: 900 Silver and Polished Boor's Tooth and Emerald Eyes and Green Jade Cabochon AcornArtist: Georg Adam Scheid, 1838 (Germany) - 1913 (Austria), was active in Vienna, Austria, from 1858 as a silversmith and jewelerFirst Mark: Signed GAS on the silver cutter blade holderSecond Mark: Signed on the smallest silver branch closest to the tail end: GAS, 900, a mark we cannot decipher, the Diana Head mark for 1867 with 2 on the left (for 900 Silver) and an A (for Vienna) on the right, and another impressed A (the Letter A for Vienna)Size: 8 1/8" length from tip of boar's tooth straight to the outer left foot, the maximum height is 2" to the top of the fox's ears, the widest circumference is 5" over the silver leaves, the length of the entire fox figure crawling out of the hole is 1.75", the diameter of the cigar cutter hole is 0.5", the back circumference length of the entire piece is 13", the inner circumference length of the silver work area is 5". This cigar cutter weighs 13 oz.Condition: One of the green jade cabochon stones is missing in the lower acorn setting. The underside of the boar's tooth has a 0.5" crack next to the sterling blade holder with a small hole in the middle of the crack. There are four visible longitudinal cracks in the boar's tooth, all visible in the pictures. The silver fox is not tight in its "fox hole". Visible rust on the blade.Georg Adam Scheid was active in the Viennese workshop of M. Markowitsch from 1858. He married one of Markowitsch's daughters and joined the company, which was renamed Markowitsch & Scheid. The two separated in 1882. Scheid opened his own company "G.A. Scheid". He produced small silver wares and jewelry. In 1884 Scheid opened his own affinery, G. A. Scheid'sche Affinerie, which became very successful, with branches in various countries. Scheid retired in 1911 or 1912.
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