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Russian silver salt dish.
Posted: Sun Sep 01, 2013 5:51 pm
by niceguy1
HELLO
Who is the maker of this Russian silver salt dish? i think it was assayed in moscow in 1894 by Lev Fridrikhovitch Oleks, am i right?
The other hallmark underneath is too small for me to make out clearly but it seems to be the letter A.
THANKS
Re: Russian silver salt dish.
Posted: Mon Sep 02, 2013 1:53 am
by Qrt.S
It looks like the assayer is Lev Oleks, but the problem is that it is not absolutely sure that he was in Moscow in 1892/1894. He is know to have been there in 1889-90 and 1895-1904, but-- ?
Anyway the maker's mark is probably upside-down and should (could) read HX. Unfortunately this silversmith's name is not known. However, it could be some else too...The lowest mark is an import mark AV used in Austro-Hungaria1872-1901. AV stands for Ausländische Waren (Foreign Goods). Sorry, but this is my best shot.
Re: Russian silver salt dish.
Posted: Mon Sep 02, 2013 6:07 am
by niceguy1
THANKS QRT FOR YOUR HELP.
Well this looks genuine in all respects so i guess we can take away the question mark if Oleks was in Moscow in 1894.
Re: Russian silver salt dish.
Posted: Mon Sep 02, 2013 9:25 am
by Qrt.S
Could be, could be ..or not...but the problem is that the mentioned years has not yet been verified in any reliable source (books) that I have and I have almost all of them.
Re: Russian silver salt dish.
Posted: Mon Sep 02, 2013 1:35 pm
by Dad
Look at the maker mark. May be it's " У.П "?
Re: Russian silver salt dish.
Posted: Mon Sep 02, 2013 2:10 pm
by niceguy1
The first letter looks like a latin x.
Re: Russian silver salt dish.
Posted: Tue Sep 03, 2013 8:43 am
by Juke
Hi,
I assume it possibly could be a imaginary mark of Heblenikov marked on a small item, this would make it not authentic.
Regards,
Juke