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Interesting discussion, anyway, I'm now temporarily back to my books. However, I'm not so sure anymore that it is made i Moscow. This kombinat 9KXK seems to be located i Dagestan and the letter M might indicate something else than Moscow. I'll revert to this matter later (it might take some time, it...

Not Russian but Soviet (hehehe). A mark for a silver factory i Moscow I would say. It is silver in 875/1000 quality and made in about 1969. To be more specific the first mark with the star and M is the assaying office for Moscow and the second one is the factory 9KXK. Seems to be niello decorated. H...

The left facing St Georg mark for Moscow was used between 1891-1896. It is correct that Vilnius also has a left facing rider, but he is not St. Georg. He is....sorry I don't remember right now.
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Mind my saying, but a minor typo by Juke. The assay master is Stepan Belkin (СБ not СЕ).
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Interesting rachelw, I also noticed those two, but aren't distorting some facts now?. Kindly take a look at the years when they marked their products and compare the years with the year mark on the cuff links Y7=1976. None of the two your mentioning marked that year anymore.

Congratulations on a very good purchase. It is absolutely Russian and in silver 875/1000. The style is in Russian Art Nouveau, which is not so common. But is the wooden lid really the original one? I have my doubts...? Nevertheless, to my mind it is from Moscow and made by a woman by the name of Var...

I have to make a minor correction. Forget Timanttikoru, cannot be it i.e. that the manufacturer is the remaining Hopeajaloste Oy (~"Silver refined goods Ltd"). The symbol is still unclear, investigating...

Christmas tree, what do you mean? The crown in a hearth is the Finnish official mark for silver. Compare it with the English lion passant. Correct me if I'm wrong, but do I read Y7, or? That would be the date mark for 1976. 830 is the quality mark indicating 830/1000 in silver But this HGL is diffic...

OK, if you "found" the missing bubbles, the case seems to be clear; 1903. Anyway, strange date mark still...what's in the upper right corner? Should it be there?

Suspicious mind of mine...

However, the date letter's shape of the shield still not of the same as it should be for London 1903. Take closer look at the shield's lower "line", it should have 3 "bubbles". I can see three bubbles. It is 1903. Yes of course there is, but there are no "bubbles" in s...

Interesting, never actually thought about the fact that the Britannia standard has been used alongside the Sterling standard to the present day. Seems to be rarely used, anyway. Had to look it up, and so it is, both standards are currently in force. Sorry for my "mistake" in my previous me...

Your photo is a collage of several photos. I would like to see the tray and a picture where all four marks can be seen. The Britannia standard was in used between 1696 and 1720. The Britannia mark replaced the lion and the lion's head erased the crowned leopard's head. The date letter h in neither t...

To mind it's not a tea strainer but more likely a sugar sifter. The tea strainer has a different shape and usually a shorter shaft on the opposite side of the long one. Please note that I said "usually". However, this is as case you could call "matter of opinion" but as i mention...

Better late than ever, RR could be a Norwegian silversmith Ragnar Roenning i Toensberg Norway. He was born 1911 and died 1982. He marked RR as from 1936 to his death.

I should say that the guardian is Nikolai Loukich Doubrovin 1822-1855 (1862?) in Moscow. The master seems to be unkown (at least to me)
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No, you don't spear something, but you more likely lift and serve with the fork. It could be a fish serving fork.

However, I also recall having seen baked potatoes served with a very similar fork but only with two tines.

At least its size fits these suggestions even if they are only guesses.
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Interesting to read that you have never heard of potato forks. Please let me show you a set. The potato fork is used in the Baltic countries, Russia and in Finland as well as in parts of central Europe. The flat one is from Netherlands and the one above the flat one is from Finland. The two left are...

Your spoons are Russian as you probably already knew. This kokoshnik mark was used 1899-1908. The Cyrillic letters behind the head are according to your description most likely ИЛ, in Latin letters IL, the initials of Ivan Sergeevich Lebedkin, assaying master i Moscow 1899-1914. Please, correct me...

Looks like you're right Juke. There obviously can be a letter in the neck for the older mark too. There seems to be discrepancies in my sources, sorry.
Nevertheless less these marks in question were used no longer than to 31.12.1931. That's a fact.
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No no , the shown Polish mark, the woman's head is in use only to 31.12.1931 and no letter can be found behind the woman's neck. Look at the shape of the shield, its not oval. As from 1.1.1932 the mark's shield changes to an oval and now you will find the mentioned letter, usually W, behind the neck...