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Thanks for your comments! Yes, its is an ink well. I just found now a couple similar ones of the same motive with your reference. Interesting to hear about the explanation of the rats and as you state it to be a judica object it is then clear with the Russian state embelem and St. Georg motives not ...

Hi! This is an interesting object as its marking has an interesting combination. There would be the Sazikov makers mark and the Andrej Kowalskij assayers mark. What about the double headed eagle mark? Or is it just not genuine? I am wondering also on the right to use the imperial double headed eagle...

@Mart: Thank you for the additional information. It is interesting these numerous cases (also in the list of silversmith mark catalogs) of silversmiths mentioned only for one particular year.

Yes I notified him, also there was Georg Schwan. They both are mentioned in 1852 so I guess the question is if they were active in 1844? How I understand this is that there are known objects made by them in 1852 and it is quite clear more or less that every silversmith worked for a longer time than ...

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This sugar bowls silversmith makers mark also unknown for me. The assayer is Andrei Kovalskij.





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Juke

Thanks for the information and sounds like the correct silversmith. Thought if there would have been some more recent research, however some are still in the unknown lists.

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This tea pot has puzzled me for a long time. Silversmith мф which I have not been able to find. Assayer Mikhail Kaprinskiy.





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Juke

Thank you, at least a name is better to start with than none.

Ubaranda wrote: ↑Wed Mar 06, 2024 7:10 am Hello!
The assayer is Stepan Belkin (С.Б), the maker is definitely Θ.Г (see attached photos). Unfortunately his name is unknown to me.

Thank you Urbaranda for checking this! It was a good suggestion by Qrt.S but then we have him again unknown.

I think you are correct it is a Serif font and also the longer horizontal line is so thin outwards it has thereby to be the letter 'I'. So the silversmith is Ivan Frolov. Thank you very much! In the assayer Stepan Belkins mark is clearly a 'C'. Here is a new photo from both sides: https://live.stati...

I am wondering about could it be Alexei Ivanov (1768-1787)? If it is just a decoration under 'AI'?

Source: Ivanov, Gold- and silversmiths in Russia, (#1599

Thanks for the suggestion! The letter seems to have a longer horizontal line towards one side than the other so I think it is not 'I'. I am not totally sure it is the 'Г' as only half of the letter can be seen so could also be a 'Б'.

Thanks Mart for the correction of the silversmith initials! Your vision on these old Cyrillic letters is better than mine.

Interesting as I can see the picture of the coffee cup on the site. Maybe there has been some delay on the upload of the picture to the site?

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Have not been either able to identify the makers mark 'AI'. Alderman Fyodor Petrov and assayer Andreij Andreev.





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Juke

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Have not been able earlier to identify the фг makers mark in Cyrillic. Alderman Fyodor Petrov and assayer Stefan Belkin.





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Juke

Here is one coffee cup from my collection with high sides (late 18th century, Meissen):

Thanks for the clarification and confirmation. It makes much sense, so thereby we have a coffee pot. I think another reason why people tend to think here about chocolate pots are the size of these (this ones hight 22 cm) in comparision to later 19th/20th century ones. Both coffee and chocolate were ...

If the finial on your neo-Classical Louis XVI style pot swivels open to insert a muddler, it is a chocolate pot; if not it is a coffee pot. Just ensuring if it is a chocolate pot. At least similar types I have seen are named as chocolate pots. I guess also with a chocolate pot there don't need to b...

Thank you blakstone for the additional information! Regards, Juke