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"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...

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...

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...

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...

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

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...