St Petersburg Spoon (II)

[dognose]

Hi,

Does anyone know the maker of this St Petersburg assayed spoon and any information regarding this silversmith?







Dessert spoon 6" (15 cm) in length.

Any help appreciated.

Trev.

[Qrt.S]

"AH" with or without dots in St Petersburg is always a rather difficult case. Your mark can possibly be read AИ or А.И.. If it is AH it could be August Wilhelm Holmström a Finn born in Helsinki 2.10.1829, journeyman 1850 in StP and master 1857. He marked 1857-1903 and worked for some time with Fabergé. However, I'm not sure at all. If the mark is "AИ" I have no idea. Anyway the assayer is Alexander Franz. Fan-der-Flit (Flaas) 1882-1894. I you can confirm AH and like to know more, don't hesitate to ask for more.

[dognose]

Hi Qrt.S,

Many thanks again for the very useful details. It looks to me to be A.H., but I'll try and take a clearer image tomorrow.

Regards Trev.

[piette]

To me, the mark looks much more like А.И. than AH
Regards,
Piette

[dognose]

Hi Piette,

Thanks for your imput. Hopefully all will be revealed tomorrow with a better photo.

Regards Trev.

[Dad]

I think that applicants for mark "АН" more than one Holmström. ))) For example:

Nasedkin Aleksei Ivanovich Silversmith, owned a silver workshop, 1883-1908, Zagorodny pr.,10. St. Petersburg. Initials on the hallmark: AH

Best Reg..

[Qrt.S]

Ignoring facts again Dad? Take a closer look and note the dots. Nasedkin did not use dots. As I mentioned in the beginning AH with or without dots is difficult due to the fact that there are several alternatives. Is the first dot a dot or not is not absolutely clear but the last one is without any doubts. That is why I dared to suggested Holmström. Let's wait for the new photos.

[dognose]

Here are some new images. The mark is definitely A.H.. The slight bulge on the top of the crossbar on the 'H', appears to be the result of a chipped punch.

I have also included a couple of images of the engraving, which at first glance appears good, but on closer inspection is perhaps not of the first quality.











Regards to all, Trev.

[Qrt.S]

Sorry Trev but I have no AH marks in my records that have two dots like this one. It seems to that the master remains unknown.

[dognose]

Hi Qrt.S,

Many thanks for taking the time to check your references. A mystery it will remain at the moment, maybe one day...

Regards Trev.