Hi! I would be interested to know more of William Abdy II. I have a candy bowl by him from 1798-99 and it would be nice to know for instance when he lived and what kind of objects he produced. Regards, Juke http://i93.photobucket.com/albums/l54/kerppola/Candybowl_1.jpg http://i93.photobucket.com/alb...
Hi! I have stumbled before to this same question about the weight of the item (which is documented to be less than 8,5 grams as Postnikov wrote). I have seen before the same situation that according to the marks the item should weight less than this 8,5 grams but it is clearly over. I have not found...
Hi! It can be added that his whole name is Alexandr Nordert Gotkovskiy and he became an apprentice in 1799, then in 1818 silver and goldsmith master. He is known to worked until 1835. The item is a typical bread basket from the late empire period. Here is a fish server by him from 1834: http://i93.p...
Hi! Have a pair of candlesticks which have been made in Frankfurt am Main, height 31 cm. I am looking for the silversmith with the initials IH. I would be interested to know the name, the period when the silversmith was working and any other information. http://i93.photobucket.com/albums/l54/kerppol...
Hi! I can add that the Paul L Paulson's book is one of the copies in english which is made from the Postnikova. There are some errors also in the Paulson's book. Your item is a sugar bowl, with typical round shape and ball feet. Quite often these bowl's have engravings with flower's etc but there ar...
I am happy with the nice vase, the enamel seems in very good condition, probably it has been standing intact for those over 100 years. The enamel is also typical for russian silver of that period.
Hi! In additon what Silverport mentioned can be said that the jug has been made by Moscow jewelry factory (the mark in the middle in cyrillic MJu?). There is a number in the mark in the middle but I can not see it, it tells which year the jug has been made. The number 28 is most possibly a catalog/p...
I am sure you are correct on the kappa, in PL I could not decide if it is a chi or kappa but then it is a kappa. Aren't the dot's/dash's for the circular mark only?
Just to add that most likely it is not the one which you refer to (from 1870-1880) as he worked 30-40 years earlier but an unknown silversmith. It is typical that all the silversmiths are not known as the the number of silversmiths increased dramatically in later periods like 1908-1926 .
In the picture it looks that the letter could well be 'Chi' for Odessa. The left bracket down might have not been struck well or has been worn out. In my references I didn't find the makers mark but you probably have found it somewhere else. I beaker is a typical vodka beaker.
Most probably you are correct, as there are silversmiths with same initials so the silversmiths mark on the spoon can be said to be unknown as for today. .
If I read correct the maker could be Mikhail Ivanovich Sinitzin. He used the initials MIS (cyr.) with a little different look of the letters but this could be another version of his mark. He became master in 1885.
Thanks Nigel for your appreciation. Yes, I was also happy that it was in its original condition and also that I found something from that era which is not so common nowdays but happens occasionally.
Hi! Thank you both very much, I appreciate that I have the possibility to know more of Bailey from London experts like you two, it is valuable knowledge to me as a collector. Nice to know also that he was known to be a maker of good quality hollow-ware which gives hopes to find even today these good...
Hi! Here is a tankard made in London 1749/50. Height 18 cm. I would be very interested to know the silversmith and what is known of him/her, what kind of silver objects did he/she make etc. http://i93.photobucket.com/albums/l54/kerppola/TankardLondon.jpg http://i93.photobucket.com/albums/l54/kerppol...
Hi! The russian marking system on silver had very strickt rules. The basics of it is that all silver items made in russia should have four marks: - silversmiths mark - purity mark - town/district mark - assaymasters mark. Only exception is the silver items imported to russia (as also indicated by Qr...