A silver trompe l'oeil cigar box, Alexander Mathiesen, Moscow, 1872

chased and engraved to simulate a wooden cigar box with paper tax bands, the lid engraved with the inscription 'MAGASIN / PONT DES MARÉCHAUX' and 'A. MATHIESEN / A. MOSCOU', one side engraved with the same phrases in Cyrillic, the other side inscribed 'REGALI LA REINA', struck throughout with maker's mark in Cyrillic, 84 standard

length 21.3cm; 8 3/8 in.