A SILVER AND NIELLO TOBACCO PIPE Novocherkassk, Russia, late...
A SILVER AND NIELLO TOBACCO PIPE Novocherkassk, Russia, late 19th century Of typical shape, with an hexagonal cylindrical silver body, engraved with vegetal motifs and fretwork, part of the decoration and a Cyrillic calligraphic band filled in with niello, the mouth piece made of red Baltic amber, the cane stamped '84', with maker's mark 'BA' (ба) and with an undeciphered city mark, 13cm long. Provenance: from a diplomatic Greek private collection.
Estimated at £300 - £500
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A SILVER AND NIELLO TOBACCO PIPE Novocherkassk, Russia, late 19th century Of typical shape, with an hexagonal cylindrical silver body, engraved with vegetal motifs and fretwork, part of the decoration and a Cyrillic calligraphic band filled in with niello, the mouth piece made of red Baltic amber, the cane stamped '84', with maker's mark 'BA' (ба) and with an undeciphered city mark, 13cm long. Provenance: from a diplomatic Greek private collection.
Estimated at £300 - £500
