THREE SILVER AND NIELLO CIGARETTE CASES

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THREE SILVER AND NIELLO CIGARETTE CASES
MOSCOW, 1863-1908, VARIOUS MAKERS

Each of oblong form and set with plain pushpiece, the first nielloed on cover with statue of Peter the Great within scrolling border, the reverse with vacant cartouche, marked inside covers with workmaster's initials AC; the second with brickwork niello base and cover, the cover with stylized flowerhead cartouche enclosing cyrillic monogram, the interior engraved with Russian dedications, marked inside covers with cyrillic initials PM; the last with geometric and arabesque designs on both covers enclosing cartouches, the obverse with architectural landscape, the reverse set with gilt (?) Russian monogram, inside covers marked with cyrillic initials N.B. (3)