A silver parcel gilt anಞd niello cigar case, Moscow, circa 1825

decorated with niello rocaille foliate scrolls on both sides; with niello scenes depicting the monument to Minin and Pozharsky in Moscow on one side and the Bronze Horseman in St Petersburg on the other, both on an engraved silver-gilt background; the lid with applied niello trophies of war on either side on a silver-gilt engraved background, the top of the lid with a niello pattern revealing a face, struck with maker's mark 'D.A' in Cyrillic, 84 standard

length 13.2cm; 5 1/5 in.