A RUSSIAN SILVER AND NIELLO CIGARETTE CASE AND AN AUSTRIAN EXAMPLE

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A RUSSIAN SILVER AND NIELLO CIGARETTE CASE AND AN AUSTRIAN EXAMPLE
MOSCOW, 1875, MAKER'S MARK UNCLEAR, THE OTHER LATE 19TH CENTURY, MAKER'S MARK AK

Each of oblong form, the first with brickwork niello base and cover, enclosing on the base a shaped oval cartouche engraved JAD and on the cover a similar cartouche enclosing a niello scene of a man leading a horse and sleigh, marked on interior base and cover--4 1/2in. (10.8cm.) long the other with base and sides with niello trelliswork, the hinged cover with a scene of a family in a runaway horse drawn sleigh being chased by foxes, within a geometric border, marked on interior base and cover--4in. (10.2cm.) long (2)