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Hi piette -

Nikitin made very nice enamel - here are 2 cigarette cases.




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Dear Qrt.S - I understand what you mean - but Fabergé in Moscow was a little different from Fabergé in St. Petersburg. One always think some famous gold- and silversmiths sitting in their workshops and producing exeptionell works of art. In St. Petersburg (the capitel of Russia and the seat of the...

Hi Etranger - on the first glance the engraving etc. looks good. When you see the marks, you know that it is a fake! Have a look on the "antlike" St. George.---------------------- Several articles in the forum about "antlike" St. George! If you monitor the internet and auctions y...

Hi Etranger - without being unfriendly: how about reading the forum? Many things you want to know are explained there and you can learn a lot of the several resident experts! Niello quick course A certain pattern is engraved in a spoon (for example) and than filled with a special mixture------------...

Hi Etranger -

for my taste they are a little bit too plump! If it is real niello or just chemical etched I can not see from photos.

Here 12 authentic spoons by Agafonov



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Hi Etranger - again I have a red flag in my head: 12 brandnew spoons in a brandnew box ( 118 years old !) in top condition - but the marks are quite illegible. Our friend LEV OLEKS (often on fakes) is the assayer, in this case with the correct date of 1892. For years you could not find 6 of this spo...

Hi piette -

when I remember right I once had 2 women bracelets in enamel (small round buttonlike objects connected to another) from him, which I sold. I have no cigarette case of him in my collection.

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Postnikov

Hi -

your sugar tongs are from around 1890, the assay master is missing and the master´s mark and his name are unknown.

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Postnikov

Hi piette -

Nikolajev Dmitrij Nikolajewitsch, owner of a silver fabrik in Moscow since 1897 - made mostly cigarette cases.
That is all I have.

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Postnikov

Hi -

I wish all the Mods and members a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!



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Hi piette - it depends what you understand under small articles. All the industrially massproduced cutlery, cane grips, umbrella grips etc. made in Moscow were marked К. Ф The better things like enamel spoons, small enamel frames etc. were marked full. All silversmiths tried to mark their objects ...

Hi ConstatineG - While looking closer at your creamer , the marks as well as the quality I am a little in doubts about the real manufacturer. That´s why I asked for additional marks on certain spaces! Please have a close look at your creamer, exspecially on the marks. http://i529.photobucket.com/al...

Hi -
sorry - forgot to post the photos!



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Hi -

please could you show photos of the marks on the handles where they are fixed to the corpus, (the red circles in the photos).

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Postnikov

Hi -

there are no such rings (something to do with icons) in Russia. At least it could be silver...

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Hi -
objects like that we call "real fakes"!

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Hi Dad - thank you for the background of Ekskuzovich - the personal dates were unknown to me! The low class engraving and the wrong letter - no wonder - all top engravers and smiths were on the run! Interesting that gold coins and diamonds were allowed under the communist government! The inside and ...

Hi piette - here is a typicall thumbpiece with diamonds. In Russia (Imperial) diamonds have not been something special or rare - they had enough of them. It was used more for women´s jewellerys - not for cigarette cases for men! Too feminin... http://i529.photobucket.com/albums/dd334/Postnicov/Muro...

Hi piette - if it is not a cigarette case made by one of the "famous" silversmiths/makers, the thumbpiece is mostly made in cabochon style in enamel (glass) in the following colours: rubyred, saphireblue, Russiangreen, bordeaux, amethystcoloured, milkywhite, black, red, turquois, brown. If...

Hi Hose_dk - do not be angry! You help so many people and make them really happy. Forget this unknowing, simple seller. Just imagine how often he bought and sold silver for the wrong price! You have your versatile knowledge as advantage - but what has he? Blind and without manners in a tunnel - that...