Russian silver jeweled cigarette case

Had a Russian jeweler interpret the words on the case but found no info
F.I. loriv??? I Google it but nada

 

It's lovely
It's lovely
It"s lovely

 

I concur-cur-cur...

 

It's really more important to see the marks on the case itself.

 

It is pre-Soviet, if that helps. The letter i no longer exists in the Russian alphabet. It was eliminated as part of alphabet reform not long after the Bolsheviks took over.

Fig

 

How did they spell Bolshevik then....?

 

The case has A III on the front. And it has a crown at the top. Very likely to be related to Tsar Alexander III of Russia (1845-1894). I doubt that it belonged to him but more likely that it was somebody in his entourage. I found this badge that was awarded to some who served with him. The style is somewhat different but has some of the same elements.

http://ua-ru.com/images/3000-3999/3184/3184.php

 

Hey! Who is it did they just decided to dig up?
Would that be Czar Nicholas?
(The Christmas Czar ..... )

 

болшевик, I think. But I didn't check my spelling for accuracy.

 

Oh... I think that's a bunch of *%&$%^&*(*^%#@#$%^&$&*(*&^%^&*
Last time I was in a Russian deli/shop they tried to rush my rye sandwich.....

 

Okay, just checked and I was slightly wrong. большевик should be it.

 

Ah! So I stand....ummm...Kozachok, corrected.

 

I hadn't heard of anything recent. Nicholas II and his family were found some time ago and were reinterred at the Ss. Peter and Paul Cathedral in the Peter and Paul Fortress area in St. Petersburg. Most of the Romanov tsars are buried there. I got to see it once, about 10 years ago when I visited St. Petersburg for the first and only time.

 

Aha! Yes! >>>
http://www.cnn.com/2015/09/24/europe/russia-czar-nicholas-ii-exhumed/index.html

 

As Bakers posted, is the case hallmarked, if so photos would help

 

Oh, I see!

 

Here is the shop
http://www.retromap.ru/show.html?pid=63509
http://retromap.ru/show_pid.php?pid=63509

Info about the company
http://www.artantique.ru/brand-item.phtml?id=35

You can use google to translate

 

Super find

Superb work! Interesting that silver forum poster at 925-1000 warns about unmarked items.

 

So it's F. A. Lorie, not F. I. Loriv. I could not tell in the photo, but now I can. Good eye!

 

I would of posted the "markings" if my cell had a better camera.