Help identifying napkin ring that once belong to a nobility

[kevalie]

Hi, acquire a napkin ring, done some research / guess work on it but I am not sure if they are correct. Any feedback/help would be appreciated.









It has the dvoinik (double) assay mark which was used from 1882- 1899

http://www.925-1000.com/Frussia_city_01.html

http://www.925-1000.com/Frussia_assay_variations.html

Maker's Mark PJS which belong to Silvennoinen Pekka 1886- 1908

http://www.925-1000.com/forum/viewtopic ... 46&t=22052

And I believe it has the crown of nobility which indicated that it hd once belonged to a noble family.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crown_(heraldry)#Russia

This is as far as my research has taken me, it has 2 or 3 letters engraved below the crown I am pretty certain that the last letter is a "B" however I couldn't make out the rest, it looks to be a "A" however it could be in Russian all together.

[Zolotnik]

Hi kevalie -

all your researches are correct - compliment! I vote for kyrillic alphabeth - the letters П В = P W



The crown is a Count´s crown - see the Russian cigarette case from the same time period.



Regards
Zolotnik

[kevalie]

Thanks Zolotnik, do you have any idea who has the initial П В = P W during that period?

[kevalie]

Btw very nice looking cigarette case, and a unusual crest.

[Zolotnik]

Hi kevalie -

Thanks Zolotnik, do you have any idea who has the initial П В = P W during that period?

Very funny question! Of course I know all the people in Russia with the initials PW - but I will not tell until you solved the following riddle:

A ship is 350 Meters long , 25 Meters broad and 27 Meters high - what is the name of the captain?

On the other shown cigarette case is no interesting crest - it are the interwined kyr. initial letters ЛШ = LT

Regards
Zolotnik

[kevalie]

Hi Zolotnik,

Correct me if I am wrong but since they have the Count's crown are they not of nobility if that is the case then it should eliminated vast number of people.

and just for fun I was looking at the dimension of the sea vessels and not too many of them are close to 350 metres in length and all of them have a beam over 40 metres so it's safe to say the ship with your dimension never exist in the human history.

Kevin

[oel]

Hi Kevin,

Wrong answer see:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Batea ... Allure.svg
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_wo ... gest_ships
Shell Prelude: 488 metres (1,601 ft) long, 74 metres (243 ft) wide, and 87 meters high.


Cheers,

Oel.

[kevalie]

Hi Oel,

You are missing something here, the dimensions given are 350 meters in length, 25 Meters broad and 27 Meters high, I would be impress if you can find a sea vessel with such dimensions.

Kevalie

[oel]

Hi Kevin,

Ah yes, the nautical beam you referred to is the most extreme width (or breadth) of a nautical vessel, or a point alongside the ship at the midpoint of its length.
Touché

Regards,

Oel

[Zolotnik]

Hi Kevin -

let´s stop the nonsense - back to work!
Here some interesting facts for your unquenchable thirst to know - try this: Russian nobility - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Regards
Zolotnik

[kevalie]

HI Zolotnik,

Thanks for the inform, wish I could go through it tonight but it's almost midnight here in Sydney and I am heading to Tassie for a 7 days trip the very next morning. I was going to the following forum http://forum.alexanderpalace.org/index.php to dig up more inform about the royalty and nobility but your page is certainly a good start.

Kevin

[kevalie]

Hi Oel,

I did learn a few things on the sea vessels, never thought one can be over the length of 4 football fields.

Kevin

[Zolotnik]

Hi kevalie -

an other good book (with alphabethic names)- just google for it:
Russian Heraldry and Nobility
The Book: This book Russian Heraldry and Nobility (1992, first edition, 700 pages) was published and copyrighted by Dramco Publishers, Boynton Beach, Florida (now ...
http://www.feefhs.org/links/Russia/rhn/rhn-idx.html - Im Cache