MARK AND HALLMARK OF RUSSIAN SILVER MARCHI E PUNZONI DELL ARGENTO RUSSO POINCONS DE L'ARGENT RUSSE AVEC LE POINCON DE L'ORFEVRE |
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The Russian standard for silver was based on ' zolotnik '. The name comes from 'zoloto' meaning gold. The unit originated as the weight of a gold coin of the same name which circulated as late as 11th century in Kievan Rus. Originally, a zolotnik represented a 1/96 of a pound, later 1/72 of a pound. In the metric system, one zolotnik equals 4,266 grams, 96 zolotniks equal one Russian pound.
Converting the Russian marks to sterling values, we obtain the following comparisons in silver purity degree:
84 zol. = 875/1000
88 zol. = 916,6/1000
91 zol. = 947,9/1000
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Moskow 1852-1862 (P-L #2011) assayer I. Avdeyev (P-L # 2110) |
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silversmith WH |
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Moskow 88 zolotniki silversmith   (cyr.) (AK lat.) |
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Moskow 1908-1917 (P-L #3887/3888) silversmith 11th Artel (Postnikova-Loseva #3073) |
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Moskow 1886 88 zolotnik silversmith   (cyr.) (VMA lat.)Vasiliì Mikaìlovich Ashchmarin (Postnikova-Loseva #2320) |
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Moskow 1867 silversmith Andreì Vilbgelmovich Bekman (Postnikova-Loseva #3023) assayer NS |
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Moskow 1895 silversmith  (cyr.) (YaA lat.)assayer Anatoliì Apollonovich Artsibashev (P-L #2125) |
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silversmith AE for Fabergé (P-L #1421)1908-1917 |
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silversmith Anders Johan Navalinen (Postnikova-Loseva #1483) for Faberzhe (P-L #1421) 1896-1908 |
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S.Petersburg silversmith O.F.Wennestrom assayer Dmitriì Ilbich Tverskoì (Postnikova-Loseva #1172) |
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Moskow 1885 silversmith Ashmarin Vasiliì Matveevich (Postnikova-Loseva #2321) assayer A. Romanov (P-L #2120) |
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Moskow 1896-1908 silversmith Dmitriì Nikolaevich Nikolaev (Postnikova-Loseva #2420) assayer Ivana Sergeevicha Lebedkina (Postnikova-Loseva #3878) |
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Moskow 1896-1908 silversmith NiKolaì Vasilievich Aleksejev (Postnikova-Loseva #2710) assayer Ivana Sergeevicha Lebedkina (Postnikova-Loseva #3878) The mark on the top signifies that the item was reassayed, worker´s head with hammer in use 1927-54, 916/1000 silver content.
The first mark bottom left, "P in circle", is the mark for "restaurated goods", in use 1951;
the second mark on the bottom from left is the mark of Moskowskaja Juwelirnaja Fabrika = Moscow Jewelers Fabrik. |
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St.Petersburg silversmith Erik August Kollin (Postnikova-Loseva #1441) |
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Moskow 1908-1917 (P-L #3905) silversmith Gustav Gustavovich Klingert (Postnikova-Loseva #2374) |
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Moskow 1836 assayer Nikolaì Lukich Dubrovin(Postnikova-Loseva # 2104) |
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Moskow 1908-1926 (P-L #3887) silversmith Konstantin Illarionovich Skvortsov (Postnikova-Loseva #2602) |
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Moskov 1877 silversmith Yakov Alekseev Borisov (Postnikova-Loseva #2987) assayer Viktor Savinkov (P-L #2112) |
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Moskov 1767 (P-L #1979)  (cyr.) Alderman Fedor Petrov (AFP lat.) (P-L #2133) (cyr.)silversmith (AVP lat.)Alekseì Vasilbev Polozov(P-L #2159)assayer unidentified (1760-1794) (cyr.) VA (lat.)(P-L #2084) |
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St.Petersburg 1907-1926 (P-L #3885) silversmith Mikail Grachev and others (Postnikova-Loseva #1237) |
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Moskow 1868 silversmith Pavel Akimov Ovchinnikov (Postnikova-Loseva #2826/2827) assayer Viktor Savinkov (P-L #2112) |
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Moskow 1908-1917 (P-L #3887) silversmith Egor (Georgiì) Tarasovich Samoshin(Postnikova-Loseva #2390) |
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1893 silversmith Gustav Gustavovich Klingert (Postnikova-Loseva #3046) |
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1908-1917 silversmith IA |
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St.Petersburg 1896-1903 silversmith Stephan Wakeva (Postnikova-Loseva #1860) for Petr-Karl Faberzhe (P-L #1421) assayer Yakov Lyapunov |
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