AN AUSTRIAN SILVER-MOUNTED HIPPO TOOTH DOUBLE DOGS' HEAD CIGAR CUTTER, WENZEL BREZINA, VIENNA, CIRCA 1900 |

left side blade stuck, age cracks to ivory, otherwise good, full of character
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Wenzel Brezina specialized in hunting themed items, particularly smoking and riding accessories.  When he participated in a 1910 hunting exhibition in Vienna, it was noted, “his specialty appears to be cigarette-cutters with animal heads... one also comes across walrus teeth with richly-chased silver figures.” (Neuwirth 1976, p. 126).