Pocket lighter - .800 silver

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Description from the seller

Silver vesta- or cigarette holder with built-in lighter (match safe).
37 grams.

On the bottom it says:
800 JW

That means:
• 800 = silver content 80% silver
• JW = master mark of the maker

Silversmith
The master mark JW is most common at German silver workshops, often from:
• Pforzheim
• Hanau
• Schwäbisch Gmünd

With this kind of small silver items (match holders / vestas / perfume holders) it is often a Pforzheim manufacturer around 1890-1920.

Age
The style of the decoration:
• Art Nouveau / Jugendstil
• ca. 1895 – 1915

Note: the lighter does not work. Possibly restorable.

Silver vesta- or cigarette holder with built-in lighter (match safe).
37 grams.

On the bottom it says:
800 JW

That means:
• 800 = silver content 80% silver
• JW = master mark of the maker

Silversmith
The master mark JW is most common at German silver workshops, often from:
• Pforzheim
• Hanau
• Schwäbisch Gmünd

With this kind of small silver items (match holders / vestas / perfume holders) it is often a Pforzheim manufacturer around 1890-1920.

Age
The style of the decoration:
• Art Nouveau / Jugendstil
• ca. 1895 – 1915

Note: the lighter does not work. Possibly restorable.

Details

Era
1400-1900
No. of items
1
Material
.800 silver
Country of Origin
Germany
Condition
Good condition - used with small signs of aging & blemishes
In working order
No
Width
3 cm
Length
6.5 cm
Depth
2 cm
Period
1850-1900
The NetherlandsVerified
57
Objects sold
100%
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