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  Mellerio Paris Rare French Art Deco “Gyroscope” sterling cigarette box c.1930

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  French silver (950 silver standard) in a structural form of a gyroscope with a lever for an interior lifting mechanism, gilding

  Marks: Mellerio Paris, 3776 D, head of Minerva French guarantee mark for 950/1000

  H: 5 1/4″ x Dia: 4 1/4″

  The renowned Mellerio family and their jewelry can be traced back to Lombardy, Italy as early as the 16th century.  Some family members moved to Paris and became royal jewelers for Louis XIII.  The revolutions of 1789 and 1848 interrupted their business and they moved to Madrid where they became the jewelers favored by Queen Isabel II.  Later in the 19th century they returned to Paris where once again they prospered and participated in several international expositions including  London (1862), Paris (1867, 1878 and 1900), and Vienna (1873).  In the 20th century they exhibited at the renowned Paris 1925 Exposition des Arts Décoratifs in Paris and then in New York at the 1939 World’s Fair.

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  Bernhard Amster Austrian Silver “Winged Heart” Covered Box c.1910

  BERNHARD AMSTER (active Vienna early 20th century)  Austria JEWELER, GOLDSMITH AND SILVERSMITH

  “Winged Heart” Covered Box  c. 1910

  Handwrought and hand-hammered silver in a half oval form on four cylindrical feet with heart-shaped finial inset with bone and stylized silver feathers
  Marked: BA (in a rectangle 2x), Austrian touchmark for 800 silver (in a pentagon 2x)

  For more information see: Blühender Jugendstil – Österreich (Art Nouveau in Blossom – Austria), Firmen und Marken (Companies and Marks), Waltraud Neuwirth, II (Vienna: Selbstverlag Neuwirth, 1991)

  H: 4 1/2″ x W: 6 1/2″ x D: 4 3/4″

  Price: $5,750