Antique Austrian bronze bulldog cigar cutter/holder late 1800s

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Beautiful Boston terrier on platform Austrian bronze. Marked Austria on the side panel.This was made as a cigar cutter in the late 1800s. It is in beautiful condition but he’s missing the blade and the depressor to activate the Blade. I was highly considering getting it repaired as this is extremely worthy of the effort. Very awesome rare piece. Has a hole in the platform beside the dog to stick the tip of your cigar and there are screws on the bottom to take apart to remove the cigar tips and cuttings. Also could’ve been used to snuff out a cigar and leave it sticking out of the platform until you wanted to resume smoking. Awesome piece