Antique Austrian .900 silver umbrella parasol handle or dress cane handle. Featuring elegant Art Nouveau curved form with stylized feather or leaf motif . Together with eight silver spoke tips. Measures 3 3/4" length x 2" height, the base with a 9/16" diameter opening. In overall good antique condition with general wear commensurate with age and use. Housed in the original presentation box. Box measures 5 1/4″ x 3 1/4″ x 1 3/8" tall. Hallmarked with the Austrian Diana's head mark in use from 1872-1922 to indicate a silver content of .900/1000 silver. Also bearing import marks of the French weevil. Silversmith mark for Scheid Georg Adam - Vienna (Austria) Scheid completed a commercial apprenticeship until 1853 and subsequently worked in Pforzheim and Stuttgart. In 1858 he went to Vienna and worked there in the workshop of his future father-in-law, the silverware producer and jeweler Michael Markowitsch. Together they founded the OHG Markowitsch & Scheid in 1862. 20 years later, he left the thriving company and founded in 1882 under his name a jewelry factory and 1884 also the Georg Adam Scheid'sche Affinerie, from which later the Ögussa emerged. In 1911 he retired. His jewelery works bear the marks "G.A.S. " or "S.G.A. " The eight silver spoke tips are hallmarked with the French head of the wild boar.