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Pocket Type Match Safes - Enamels RETURN TO POCKET TYPE PMSE-022 Red Enameled Cigarette Case with Vesta   [+] Enlarge [+] Enlarge [+] Enlarge [+] Enlarge [+] Enlarge [+] Enlarge   IMSA #: PMSE-022 Estimated Date: c. 1900 Country of Origin: Austria Manufacturer: George Adam Scheidt Catalog No.: NA Material: Silver and enamel Markings: There is an inscription that is difficult to read (see image) and dated 1907. Patent/Design No.: No Patent/Design Date: No Size (Inches): NA Reverse: NA Description and Comments: This combination vesta and cigarette case was made by the noted enamellist and silver worker G. A. Scheidt, a member of the secessionist movement in Austria. Please notice the guilloche design beneath the red enamel. It is beautiful and difficult to execute.