A wonderful little repousse dish with a center scene of a wood cutter and a windmill in the background. Dutch 833 silver standard certified by the lion mark with a "2" underneath. Looks like date code for 1907 as indicated by the little circle mark with a very fancy "L' in script (Tardy's "Poincoins d"argent", pp 321 & 324. Also maker's marks. Nice sharp repousse work.
A fun Russian silver creamer with Moscow 19th century hallmark of St. George slaying the dragon. The maker's initials "I B 1811" is for the silversmith Iakov Vitaliyev (1802-55). The armorial consists of a 7-point crown above fancy initials which appear to include an "H". The number of points denote rankof the nobility . I believe 7 is around the middle.
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A Russian silver caviar serving scoop or spoon with a gold wash bowl and a coat-of-arms (armorial). Nice shape to the scoop and good detail throughout on the handle sections. Coat of arms or monogram as shown I can't decipher it. It is marked for the Russian silver standard of 84 with the date of 1874 as well, Moscow hallmark. The silversmith mark is "pi" "K". This is a solid spoon with good weight. Russian silver before the Soviet era was of very high quality ...click for details
A 19th century Russian cloisonne open salt cellar with exquisite enamel decorative details. The brightly colored botanical band in the center is framed between bands of blue dots. 4 rings of twisted silver wires separate the bands and outline the thick enamels.
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A very rare Russian silver fork with a 4 point crown armorial and fancy monogram which look like "ON" or "NO". There is a strip of copper overlay on the back of the lower tine if you are right handed. The Russian immigre from whom I bought this several years back told me the copper is to test for poison. The 4 point crown denotes mid-level aristocracy related to the imperial line. (They often think differently so the monogram faces the opposite direction from how we no ...click for details
