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.