Antique Imperial Russian Engraved 84 Silver Niello Tobacco Case Box Moscow 1886 Drawings & Prints there is a eye hook

there is a eye hook to the rear

Nikolay Strulev

to the underside is the manufacturer's label

and in 1888 he traveled to California and visited the studios of William Keith and Thomas Hill

Many of Fradelle's works were engraved by artists such as Charles Turner

Antique Imperial Russian Engraved 84 Silver Niello Tobacco Case Box Moscow 1886 Drawings & Prints there is a eye hookA fine antique Imperial Russian engraved silver and niello tobacco box case, 1886, Moscow, Alexander Fuld. The case is finely engraved with engraved niello designs, the hinged lid having an architectural view, the underside of the case with a geometric niello design with a central engraved open cartouche that is free from an engraved monogram or name. The case is stamped to the inside base with the Imperial mark for Moscow & the Assayer's mark "A. P."