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- Sun Mar 09, 2014 5:45 am
- Forum: Russian Silver
- Topic: Help Please with a Soviet Era Hallmark
- Replies: 21
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Re: Help Please with a Soviet Era Hallmark
"Until now it has been rather unclear what is the content of this ЮММЕТ- alloy/metal." Your statement shows exactly where the problem lies: 'I-OMMET' is not an 'alloy/metal': there is not more 'content' to it than any other maker's name/stamp. It simply means that it was made by the M...
- Sun Mar 09, 2014 2:33 am
- Forum: Russian Silver
- Topic: Help Please with a Soviet Era Hallmark
- Replies: 21
- Views: 24164
Re: Help Please with a Soviet Era Hallmark
I-OMMET is not an alloy! It is the factory mark used by Mstera Jewellers for its metal objects. The I-O is for 'jeweller' (in Russian, obviously), the first M for Mstera, and MET to indicate that it is a non-precious metal. Often there is a number in front of the name to indicate a year in the sixti...
- Wed Oct 09, 2013 3:30 am
- Forum: General Questions
- Topic: Dates of various David Andersen marks
- Replies: 2
- Views: 2215
Re: Dates of various David Andersen marks
Thank you, Tosten! That is not the reply I was hoping for, lol! However, it does explain some things and why there is some confusion over the maker's mark. I wonder if one of those Viking ship salt cellars counts as cutlery, because that was the specific item under discussion. Why can't these things...
- Mon Sep 30, 2013 6:16 pm
- Forum: General Questions
- Topic: Dates of various David Andersen marks
- Replies: 2
- Views: 2215
Dates of various David Andersen marks
I am having an ongoing discussion with someone about the dates of the various David Andersen marks. I go by this site's explanation, which is that the hammer-and-tongs mark dates to between 1888 and 1925, and that the scales mark followed, from 1925 to the present. The other person insists that only...
- Sun Feb 26, 2012 1:12 pm
- Forum: European Jewelry
- Topic: Viking ship necklace 925s need maker
- Replies: 3
- Views: 3395
Re: Viking ship necklace 925s need maker
In case anyone is still interested, I have this pendant and mine is definitely COF for Carl Ove Frydensberg. I wonder if someone else copied the design.
Cheers, Lea
Cheers, Lea
- Sat Jun 11, 2011 10:30 pm
- Forum: Russian Silver
- Topic: Help Please with a Soviet Era Hallmark
- Replies: 21
- Views: 24164
Re: Help Please with a Soviet Era Hallmark
That is indeed a price mark, required by Soviet law to prevent merchants from marking up the price and making what was deemed an indecent profit. I too have a number of melchior items with those marks, as well as leather goods with cloth tags sewn in with the same price mark. One of the problems wit...