Unknown Maker Tumbler Kiddush

[progambla18]

I Have this tumbler or kiddush cup and I am unable to identify the maker. I know that the assay mark belongs to alexander romanov in 1889 and it is 875 silver from moscow, but i can not identify the maker. Any help would be great. Also how do i upload pictures.

http://i56.tinypic.com/2qi8eud.jpg

[Qrt.S]

Here are the instructions of how to upload pictures. Please read headline TUTORIALS (How to add an image) viewtopic.php?f=1&t=10

About your cup. This is not an easy case so I'm just providing a wild guess. To me the badly punched maker's mark looks like ПД----maybe (Latin PD). A master that comes close is Pavel Dimitrijev 1883-1887. But as you can see the cup is assayed in 1889 so there is a gap of 2 years. Of course the cup might have been assayed later but....? Another possibility would be Pierre Lusyen Dupen but he was more known as a jeweler.

Unfortunately there are still many unidentified masters in Russia.

Of course the mark could be something else. This is my opinion only.....as I said, a wild guess. Let's see if somebody else has better suggestions.

[progambla18]

I know everything about the cup except for the maker. The first letter looks like the Pi symbol and the secong letter looks like a U. the Assay mark is A.P/1889 (Alexander Romanov) Its 84 Zolotniks, and it was made in moscow.

[Qrt.S]

Fine and correct, but what you seem not know is the Cyrillic alphabet and the alternative that the maker's mark is up side down, which it is. Take a new good look


By the way Pi is a Greek letter not a Cyrillic letter and the Russians did not use Greek letters.

Have a very nice evening

Qrt.S