Featured Engraved Silver Cigarette Case/Box - South Western?

There are no hallmarks that I have been able to find on this box. The engraved landscape looks South Western or possibly Persian to me but I would like some other opinions. I am assuming shaded with niello? It is double sided and measures approx. 3.12 x 4.75 inches.
Thank you for looking!

 

interesting....!

1st look...it looks stamped ...
check the closure for any small marks..

 

Cool! It looks like ruins of a walled ancient city in a desert to me. Intriguing.

 

My eyes are practically bleeding - seriously though, I have polished and gone back over the entire box. No marks. Sigh.

 

I kept looking at the Russian boxes and then I found this one https://www.liveauctioneers.com/item/8349191_106-russian-silver-niello-box

 

That's a strange scene. Looks to be a fenced-in area? Ruins after a fire? Necropolis?

 

Would suggest Persian/Iranian with some age to it, probably edging up on antique, depicting the ruins at Persepolis, personally, not seeing niello (why Southwestern?)

 

Very quick search found these:

https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/W_2012-6024-1

https://www.bidsquare.com/online-au...ersian-silver-engraved-cigarette-case-1963315

https://www.worthpoint.com/worthopedia/antique-museum-solid-silver-persian-440165024

 

Pretty cool. Not quite sure what to do with it besides store guitar picks.

 

Palace of Darius at Persepolis looks very promising.

With this frieze reduced to geometric forms:

 

I was thinking south western because the 'ruins' looked a little adobe to me. But then I stumbled upon the Russian one.......

 

Dont ask me why but I thought the ruins of Richmond after the civil war? Or maybe San Fran?

 

Is Hadish Palace a contender? Note: I would have never looked for this were it not for the keen eye of @moreotherstuff :

https://stock.adobe.com/search?k=achaemenid&asset_id=280140299

https://www.dreamstime.com/art-pers...h-as-facade-wall-palace-xerxes-image105791228

https://www.tasnimnews.com/en/news/2020/03/23/2228265/persepolis-symbol-of-ancient-iran

 

These are all so interesting! Thank you so much!

 

I'm with dragonfly, my first thought was middle eastern, though I would have expected enameling if persian. I would best guess circa 1920's or so, but I would certainly expect it to be marked if solid silver.

 

Semi fire resistant for storing Franklins

 

The closest so far!

 

The franklins are much easier to come by than the silver they are enclosed in...lol