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76x10.4 = 790.4 in metric fineness. Three months after the outbreak of World War I, silver coins disappeared from circulation in Russia, Difficulties with silver raw material affected all jewelry firms. Even in Faberge workshops, wooden frames with silver ornaments were produced; by the end of 1916,...

The lock itself is inserted behind the plate made of silver.The plate slides to reveal the lock, but here there are two balls I am not familiar with.Possibly screws, but not sure. Anyway, the lock case is never soldered and should be opened easily.The locks are very simple in those sugar boxes and a...

The facts also support the probability the item moved eastward in front of the revolution. Irkutsk was very,very far from European Russia, but close to China.A wave of Russians migrated to Australia in the 1920s after the defeat of the White Army by the Bolshevik forces. These were known as the Whit...

There must be at least one more letter in front of OSCH, possibly the name of German maker in Czechoslovakia.
For example,Tosch is rather common German family name.
Also,possibly not officially exported to Israel but brought there and the owner had Israel mark added.
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The letter was written in mid 1916 when The Great War was already raging and at the time when Wogau family sold all assets and left Russia.Meaning,the letter witnessed the change of company leadership,old executive (most likely a German) was replaced by a Russian. His name is mentioned in the book R...

Hi, Wogau & Co was a huge trading company with several branches in Russia.They traded almost everything, from chemicals, machinery to sugar and tea.It was founded by a German Maximilian von Wogau in 1859. Almost all leading positions were held by German citizens, for this reason, after the outbr...

Hi, The same scene is often described in shorter version as Сергиево видение.The word is derived from видеть (to see),meaning apparition or vision. Inscription in the icon Bидение Сергiа actually has the same meaning but in another case (genitive), showing possession.Compared with English it would b...

Hi, From left to right: Apostle Peter, Apostle John, Mother of God,Monk Sergius “Apparitions of Our Lady to Sergius of Radonezh” (Явление Богоматери Сергию Радонежскому) The iconography of the “Apparitions of Our Lady to Sergius of Radonezh” was based on the text of the Life of the Monk Sergius,Epip...

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What glue ? Where ? The photo is very nice and old.Do not destroy it.
Can you show the back of the frame and the way the picture is fixed behind the glass ?
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Hi,
Porvoo town mark, Finland, Z3 for 1881.
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Hi,
Number 383 was assigned to a Florentine maker in 1962.

FABBRICA ARGENTERIE ETRURIA di FRANCESCHINA. GIACHETTI, PARIGI & SANTONI S.n.c. Via Senese, 86/R Florence
Out of business end 1995

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Winged angel running, facing left for Amsterdam pewter, but difficult to recognize here.
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Hi,
It is cake server, Neresheimer,Hanau, pseudo Augsburg mark, 13 Loth, end 19th century (or early 20th).
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I think L R & S of Sheffield has not been identified so far.
Yes, they were active in the forties.
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It is Vietnam.Mirror image of the inscription.
If you download the image and flip it, at least Hanoi is clearly seen.The same with Ubaranda^s piece.
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It is French Minerva head for silver standard used since 1838.
There must be at least one more mark of the maker in lozenge.Search for it and look here:
https://www.925-1000.com/Ffrench_marks.html
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Hello again, Pay attention to the badge (logo) top left. ``GFS`` is most likely Girls Friendly Society,British charity organisation which helped repatriation of British girls working as governesses and tutors in Russia and lost their jobs at the outbreak of The Great War. Rev W.Mensell Merry in his ...

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Gorham Mfg Co see here:
https://www.925-1000.com/americansilver_G3.html

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