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It is still not 1 of April, but it is 2013 and it might be so that just because the 400 years of Romanov, a lot of Russian imperial memories will show up. The shown piece is an example of what may be presented. First of all, it is not correct that all give-aways from the tsar family were decorated w...

Occasionally, this unknown brooch popped up on the world scene, showing the last tzar Nicholas II. Gold, silver and 60 rose-cut diamonds. Backside without any stamps. Size 29 x 29 mm. https://www.925-1000.com/pics/Ximg.jpg Front shows a detailed, almost photgraphic face of the tzar, an admirable min...

A russsian salt celler, old russian style, origin St Petersburg, trompe-de-oeil depicting a cut logged butter barrell (?), gilt inside, typical feet, and feet decorations, engraved with letters in each log square. x Courtesy Bukowski Auctions x Courtesy Bukowski Auctions The stamps identifies St Pet...

….. and as Zolotnik has shown us also such important set of antique enamelled open salt cellars, and some salt thrones, far from any Jeltsin post-modernism in silver art, let us go to the jewel of the crown in such an combination, a big salt throne, far from modern, Moscow 1888, 88 zolotniki. Full c...

The question asked by opensalt is very imprecise: the concept ”modern” as in “Modernism” could be any historical style back to art-deco or 1890-ies, “Russian” as geographical identity often includes the Soviet era. Further, opensalt is talking of “pre-Soviet era” as well as “Soviet era”. Is maybe op...

The generosity of Hephaistos, in well-being, alert and always open for wisdom-sharing, further, the feel-good atmosphere of this forum calls for another minor contribution. Leningrad, as far as known, did not produce saltcellers. Due to the logic of large scale economics and mass production, salt ce...

...... or, if back to basics, open salt with accompanying spoon, silver, gilt inside, spoon bowl gilt, 875/000 silver. Soviet neo-brutalistic design, extremely compact and heavy, 46 grammes (excl spoon), uncommon and for the nomenclatura only (the general, part-wealthy soviet comerade afforded proba...

.... or if just the specific Soviet time is under invstigation..... 3 silver salt spoons, gilt bowl, shovel form, neo-classic (Louis XVI style), Kiev 1950-ies.

As already replied, of the Pre-Soviet era (there were many of them), it is much more written and avaliable in the litterature. Just to add something, the absolute oppioite to the previous picture of Soviet perversion, a set of saltspoons, silver, gilt, 84, zolotniki, handles depickting the imperial ...

A triggering example of Soviet silver salt art, which I love to share with the Silverforum participants. https://www.925-1000.com/pics/Ximg.jpg Silver salt spoon from Moscow Jewellery and Watch Factory, 1950-s with the letters (in Latin spelling) V D N CH, an abbreviation for 'Exhibition of Accompli...

https://www.925-1000.com/pics/Ximg.jpg Tallinn salts, from two different producers, 875/000, gilt inside, 1950-ies. The bigger was also made in a luxury version with 916/000 silver finess, corresponding to 88 zolotniki. Is the signature opensalt only looking for silver salts, or only enamel salts o...

Riga salts, Soviet republic of Latvia, silver 825/000, gilt inside, various classical greece/roman patterns, 1950-iees

Moscow silver slats, engravedd, gilt inside, 875/000 silver, 1950-ies

I have already mentioned that Ya N was assay master in Tallinn 1853-1869. One single year, 1860, Alexander Zagrebin stamped for the office/district 1860. But, also Ya N stamped this particular year. If somebody will deny the fact that it is impossible with two assay masters the same year, the explan...

Zolotnik has outdated information. He is denying the research litterature on estonian silver stamps which has confirmed the existence of Carl jacoby as silversmith in Pernu, published already 1939 (Henrich Laakmann: Das burgerbuch von Pernau II, 1787- 1889). Also Kaalu Kirme ( Eesti Hobe, Tallinn 20...

The origin is a drinking vessel, from the beginning these objects were cut in wood, particularly from a "vril" ( a bulb defect)from birch - tree. The word in swedish is kasa ( with a small ring over the a), in finnish-ugrinan samish langage (and old scandinavian) kausa. The word kowsch in ...

33, not 35, silversmiths in Paide are known by name. No one has a name similar to the photos. Neither exists any assaymaster in Paide with the initals PK, nor in Estonia.

It is not a Reval (Tallinn) master, it is a Pernu (ger. Pernau) master Carl Johan Ludwig Jacoby, stamping 1859 to 1898. The (to name unknown) assaymaster Ja N was stamping in Tallinn 1855-1869. Pernu had earlier its own town mark, not the general for the Tallinn district, the 3 "lion passant&qu...

I guess that readers would be a little unsatisfied, if Zolotnik's request stands uncommented -"verified knowlege" to participate in Silverforum? Is he recruiting from here to academic posts in the art history of silver, or what? Is he asking for a CV? Zolotnik's own rule to participate her...

Here we go!! To Oel, Are you the Admin? If so, thank you for the polite and washed answer. If the idea is to maintain a free and open discussion, then have a look-out for openness and not closeness. If somebody addresses personal issues, or rising questions on reasons why to participate, the forum w...