A RUSSIAN SILVER AND NIELLO TROMPE L'OEIL CIGARETTE CASE
A RUSSIAN SILVER AND NIELLO TROMPE L'OEIL CIGARETTE CASE

MARK OF AE, MOSCOW, 1890

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A RUSSIAN SILVER AND NIELLO TROMPE L'OEIL CIGARETTE CASE
MARK OF AE, MOSCOW, 1890
Simulating basket-weave surfaces with niello tobacco trade label, gilt interior; also a Russian silver reeded oblong cigarette case with rounded corners and niello reserve, mark of VVO (Cyrillic), Moscow, 1893, gilt interior; a trompe l'oeil bangle by Ivan Saltykov, Moscow, 1888, with basket-weave diaperwork and reserves on either side, one initialled OL; and an unmarked Caucasian dagger, kindjal, with profusely floral-decorated silver sheath with leather insert to back
Dagger 12¾ in. long (32.5 cm.)
Weighable silver 10 oz. (315 gm.) (4)

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