Silver Enamel and Shell Cane

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By Kimball Sterling

May 24, 2025

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• Lot Description
  Ca. 1900 Tall, tapering and quite weighty silver handle with an oval top and a round collar embellished with a mirrored panel arrangement. Flush set, the panels are finely engine turned with a repeating wavy vertical pattern, pale azure enameled and adorned with plenty of scattered rose's, underglaze micro painted in shading pink and green colors. While broader, framing bands of vibrant navy blue enamel highlight the body of the knob, a matching bouquet of roses is appropriately added to the flat top. The plain collar is struck with a “925”, which denotes for high-grade Sterling silver, a “52”, that is probably a serial number and a tiny obscured and unidentifiable maker mark. Despite an extreme fragility, the handle survived flawless and retained its complete initial spark. The handle comes with a 6” tall, well-figured and richly hued shell stem on a very dark, almost black rosewood shaft and a white metal, possibly silver ferrule. Many details, as well as the color palette, speak for the workshops of Georg Adam Scheid, the reputed manufacturer from Vienna. The lack of a certification marks can be addressed by claiming that the handle was originally was originally designed for international trade and hence displays the hallmarks of the ultimate country of receipt. Luxurious indulgence is apparent in the profile of this cane made to the highest standards and finest styles. It bears the distinctive Viennese flavor of sophistication and refinement from the glorious Imperial Period. For many cane enthusiasts, the ultimate goal is to own one day an enamel cane. While a plain example will do for the majority, a guilloche and painted one remains the holy grail for the connoisseur. Indeed, the production of translucent hard enamel demands the highest levels of patience, experience and skill. Since an excessive fragility, the very few of these wonderful knobs survived intact. H. 3 ½” x 1 ¼”, O.L. 39” $700-$900 Georg Adam Scheid from Vienna (1837-1921),is one of the most recognized silversmiths, niello master and enamellers worldwide. At the age of 15 he went to Pforzheim, where he completed an apprenticeship and was sent in 1858. There he founded his first company in 1862. Scheid has been producing high-quality silver and gold jewelry as well as luxury items that have been exported to all of Europe for more than 50 years with around 300 employees in his factory in Gumpendorfer Straße 85. Sales outlets were in Vienna, Budapest, Paris, St. Petersburg and Istanbul. The most famous works of Scheid are related to the Austrian secessionist movement and took advantage of the collaboration with famous artists such as Koloman Moser Josef Hoffmann Josef Maria Auchentaller. He was not only a great artist, but also a very successful businessman and an influential figure of the Viennese society in the golden age of the Austro-Hungarian Empire at the end of the 19th century.
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