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Moneybox, Russian ca 1875, fake or authentic?

Posted: Mon Jan 12, 2015 11:02 am
by sebastian4743
I am after a nice silver moneybox and found this:

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I seen this "beehive" design in an English silver ink stand from the late XIX century... so it made mu suspicious about the authenticity of the money box made in Russia. What do you think? Please advise.

Re: Moneybox, Russian ca 1875, fake or authentic?

Posted: Mon Jan 12, 2015 12:11 pm
by Zolotnik
Hi sebastian 4743 -
the moneybox is a fake from Poland - often offered at eBay with different marks. The Gratschev marks look quite good - but not good enough!
Here another model - with Russian import marks/foreign product - and a bit more decoration,engravings.:
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Regards
Zolotnik

Re: Moneybox, Russian ca 1875, fake or authentic?

Posted: Mon Jan 12, 2015 1:21 pm
by sebastian4743
Thank you Zolotnik for your time and experience!

Best wishes,
Sebastian