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: 9ля stands for 1999. Letter L (in Cyrillic) after 9 stands for Leningrad assay office. я is the maker, possibly Jewelry factory. Eggs with both 960 and 585 standards are frequently seen, very unusual unless the enamel is over 960, which is not an official standard, or just marked to deceive (who ...

These small pendant eggs you will can buy in St. Petersburg in the entrance of the Winter Palace (museum). They are meant for tourists and made in huge varieties in different enamel colors. As you assume, most likely from the Soviet era or "New Russia". Hi Qrt.S! First of all, thank you s...

Bad refreshing: it's already on Russian silver, correctly.

My apologies.

I'm sorry, while refreshing I lost the currect location of the thread.
I'm posting it again on Russian silver, then I'll delete here.

Hi, I'm attaching photos of a small Russian enamel egg: it's a pretty well done apple green enamel egg, with sunburst guilloché enameling in the center, contoured by old cut/rosé small diamonds. I can clearly see the 960 fineness for silver, then the 585+kokoshnik shovel hallmark for the gold conten...

Here it is! We can judge better.

Hi, There were 3 gold standards in Imperial Russia: 56, 72 and 92. The most common was 56 zolotnik (.583), less common was 72 (.750). Full kokoshnik marks are seen on bigger items [...] Hi AG! First of all, thanks to have recalled for public interest the gold standards and the kokoshnik for small i...

Hi everyone, I happen to have come through to a Russian mark on a pair of cufflinks. It looks to be the one of August Hollming, but – considering its dating around 1915 (from personal indications other than the hallmarks) – one should also believe it could be from his son Väinö production. What puzz...