Wonderful Austrian Art Deco silver and enamel Erotic cigarette case

Description

A wonderful Austrian Art De
co .900 silver and enamel cigarette case with Erotic Nude of Leda and the Swan
A beautifully painted Art deco period Austrian .900 sterling silver erotic cigarette case. The painted enamel scene represents a female nude and swans, probably " Leda and the swan"*.  Stamped  .900 on the gold wash interior, as well as the serial number 339 . A beautiful and very collectible item in very good " age appropriate" condition.
Weigth: 3.93 Troy Oz or 122.3g
* Leda and the Swan
is a story and subject in art from
Greek mythology
in which the god
Zeus
, in the form of a
swan
, seduces (or in some versions, rapes)
Leda
.
[1]
According to later Greek mythology, Leda bore
Helen
and
Polydeuces
, children of Zeus, while at the same time bearing
Castor
and
Clytemnestra
, children of her husband
Tyndareus
, the King of
Sparta
. In the
W. B. Yeats
version, it is subtly suggested that Clytemnestra, although being the daughter of Tyndareus, has somehow been traumatized by what the swan has done to her mother (see below). According to many versions of the story, Zeus took the form of a swan and seduced Leda on the same night she slept with her husband King
Tyndareus
.
.
Size
: 3 1/2" L  x 3" W x 1/2" D
8 cm  L x  7.2 cm W x 1.3 cm D
Condition
: Very Good "age appropriate condition" with slight wear on the silver surface throughout, and  minor surface wear on the enamel . Please look at the very detailed photos provided.  All of these mars are minor and to be expected on an item which is almost 100 years old.
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