Unknown maker of Antique Russian Sugar Tongs

[stephen.tucker]

Greetings from Australia,

I would appreciate your kind assistance to identify the maker of these antique russian sugar tongs.

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Thanks in advance.
Stephen Tucker
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[2209patrick]

I cropped your pictures with the marks so we can see them easier.
Don't know the maker.





Pat.
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[paulh]

This seems to be the mark of Vasily Semenov, a Moscow silversmith who registered this mark in 1873. The other mark is ths 84 zlotniki (875/1000) mark for Moscow used from 1878 -80.

Paul
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