RARE SOLID SILVER AUSTRIAN NIELLO CIGARETTE CASE FRANZ HIESS & SOHNE WIEN c1866

  
VERY RARE SOLID SILVER AUSTRIAN HALLMARKED NIELLO CIGARETTE CASE FRANZ HIESS & SOHNE WIEN VIENNA CIRCA 1866. THIS VICTORIAN CIGARETTE CASE IS IN VERY GOOD CONDITION NO NASTY DINGS OR DENTS. MADE FROM A THICK GAUGE OF SILVER.

THE MAKERS NAME IS INSCRIBED TO EDGE OF CASE. HAS BEAUTIFUL NIELLO DECORATION TO FRONT OF CASE. BEAUTIFUL REEDED DECORATION TO FRONT AND BACK OF CASE.

CASE STILL HAS THE RESTRAINING STRAPS. ON THE OPENING CATCH IT HAS TWO LETTER A's. WHAT MAKES THIS CASE RARE IS THIS IS A VERY SOUGHT AFTER MAKER THAT DOES NOT COME ON THE MARKET VERY OFTEN.

PLEASE SEE PHOTOS AS THIS IS VERY MUCH PART OF DESCRIPTION. ANY MARKS YOU SEE IN PHOTOS IS DUE TO REFLECTION OF CAMERA.