ANTIQUE RUSSIAN SPOON

[niceguy1]

HI

I have this interesting antique Russian spoon. Maker MI or ML, Assayer M.K with the date being unclear but perhaps 1828?

Any information will be appreciated.

Thanks In Advance

[Qrt.S]

The maker's initials are МГ (Latin MG) He is Matvey Grechushnikov, active in Moscow 1818-1846. The year on the hallmark is a bit unclear. The assayer MK is Mihail Karpinsky assaying 1800-1824. The town mark again was used 1825-1829.

What is a bit disturbing is that the year mark looks very much like 1828 ??? If the year mark really is 1828 it would indicate that Karpinsky assayed longer than to 1824. That would be new information, but ???
Let's wait for other opinions.

[niceguy1]

Thank you very much. Perhaps the unusual pattern/decoration might also be a clue, what is it? A jokers head & wings?

[niceguy1]

After cleaning & focusing on the mark I am of the opinion that the date is actually 1822 not 1828. It’s hard to see but the third & fourth digits are different than the second digit, so those are two’s while the second is a 8.