细节
THREE RUSSIAN SILVER AND NIELLO CIGARETTE CASES
MOSCOW, CIRCA 1860-1890, VARIOUS MAKERS
Each of oblong form with plain pushpieces, the first with cover and base nielloed with geometric patterns and arabesques, both sides with semicircular cartouche bordered by Greek key pattern rim, the obverse cartouche with a scene of a man driving two horses past a house, the reverse with vacant reserve, the inside covers marked with ;lj;ljk;lj; the second with brickwork niello base and cover, the obverse with shaped cartouche enclosing an architectural view, the reverse with vacant cartouche, marked inside covers with maker's initials AC; the last with brickwork niello base and cover, engraved to simulate leather straps, the cover with vacant scrolling reserve, the interior base and cover marked with cyrillic initials IC (3)
MOSCOW, CIRCA 1860-1890, VARIOUS MAKERS
Each of oblong form with plain pushpieces, the first with cover and base nielloed with geometric patterns and arabesques, both sides with semicircular cartouche bordered by Greek key pattern rim, the obverse cartouche with a scene of a man driving two horses past a house, the reverse with vacant reserve, the inside covers marked with ;lj;ljk;lj; the second with brickwork niello base and cover, the obverse with shaped cartouche enclosing an architectural view, the reverse with vacant cartouche, marked inside covers with maker's initials AC; the last with brickwork niello base and cover, engraved to simulate leather straps, the cover with vacant scrolling reserve, the interior base and cover marked with cyrillic initials IC (3)