Russian silver salt dish.

[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

[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.

[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.

[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.

[Dad]

Look at the maker mark. May be it's " У.П "?

[niceguy1]

The first letter looks like a latin x.

[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