A Belle Epoque Austrian enamelled silver cigarette case by Georg Adam Scheid, of cushion form, its obverse finely decorated in a whimsical depiction of a fashionably attired young woman, wearing a blue dress with frilly petticoat and matching wide-brimmed hat with ostrich feather band, in opera gloves, black stockings and shoes, with a feather boa and pale pink cape, posed cheerily curtseying the viewer, the obverse engraved "J. M. W. Mexico", opening by means of a spring catch, the interior gilt, maker's and Austrian / German 800 standard silver marks, 88 mm x 61 mm