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<p>[QUOTE="DragonflyWink, post: 72255, member: 111"]Don't believe Emil Brenk himself made this piece, and would be surprised if his great-grandson is 'the silversmith' now - the company is a good size manufacturer. If wood-lined, this piece is most likely a cigarette box, smoking accessories were a specialty of the company, probably mid 20th century, the eagle is engraved - I can't make anything out of it, but perhaps the writing is someone's illegible signature, looks like it might be acid-etched, but hard to tell...</p><p><br /></p><p>~Cheryl[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="DragonflyWink, post: 72255, member: 111"]Don't believe Emil Brenk himself made this piece, and would be surprised if his great-grandson is 'the silversmith' now - the company is a good size manufacturer. If wood-lined, this piece is most likely a cigarette box, smoking accessories were a specialty of the company, probably mid 20th century, the eagle is engraved - I can't make anything out of it, but perhaps the writing is someone's illegible signature, looks like it might be acid-etched, but hard to tell... ~Cheryl[/QUOTE]
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