RUSSIAN ANTIQUE SILVER HALLMARKS AND MARKS
MARK AND HALLMARK OF RUSSIAN SILVER
MARCHI E PUNZONI DELL ARGENTO RUSSO
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The Russian standard for silver was based on ' zolotnik '. The name comes from 'zoloto' meaning gold. The unit originated as the weight of a gold coin of the same name which circulated as late as 11th century in Kievan Rus. Originally, a zolotnik represented a 1/96 of a pound, later 1/72 of a pound. In the metric system, one zolotnik equals 4,266 grams, 96 zolotniks equal one Russian pound.
Converting the Russian marks to sterling values, we obtain the following comparisons in silver purity degree:
84 zol. = 875/1000
88 zol. = 916,6/1000
91 zol. = 947,9/1000
most of silversmith's and assayer's monograms are in cyrillic alphabet: click here
Postnikova-Loseva # and P-L #:
ref. # on 'Gold and silver manifacture in Russia XV-XX century' by Postnikova-Loseva and others (2003)
# | -click images to enlarge- | description |
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Moskow 1908-1926 (P-L # 3887) silversmith 5 Artel (P-L # 3068) |
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Moskow 1800 silversmith AB (P-L # 2152) assayer Alekseì Ivanov Vikhliaev (Postnikova-Loseva # 2092) |
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St. Petersburg 1859 (P-L # 1152) silversmith Andreì Stepanovich Bragin (Postnikova-Loseva # 1198) assayer Edudard Fedorovich Brandenburg (P-L # 1176) |
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Tiflis1893 (P-L # 3608) silversmith M.V. Grinshtein (Postnikova-Loseva # 3633) assayer Aleksandr Iosifovich Berliand (Postnikova-Loseva # 3617) |
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hallmark 1878 silversmith Samuel Filiander (Postnikova-Loseva # 1852) assayer IE (P-L # 1183) |
106 |  |
Moskow 1908-1926 (P-L # 3887) silversmith Prokopiìj Akim Nikitin (Postnikova-Loseva # 2824) |
107 |  |
Riga 1892 (P-L # 3290) silversmith Richard Muller (Postnikova-Loseva # 3377) assayer FSh (Th. Schultschewky)(P-L # 3297) |
108 |  |
Kostroma 1880-1890 (P-L # 708) silversmith Ivan Evstfbev Fedotov (Postnikova-Loseva # 947) |
109 |  |
Riga 1878 (P-L # 3290) silversmith A? assayer Khristian Ludwig Zuk (Ludwig Suk) (Postnikova-Loseva # 3294) |
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St. Petersburg 1845 (P-L # 1145) silversmith Karl Magnus Stahle (Postnikova-Loseva # 1550) assayer Dmitriì Ilbich Tverskoì (Postnikova-Loseva # 1172) |
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Poland ? silversmith MP |
112 |  |
Moskow 1895 (P-L # 2022) silversmith Andreì Andreev Aleksandrov (P-L # 2140) assayer Anatoliì Apollonovich Artsibashev (P-L # 2125) |
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St.Petersburg 1863 (P-L # 1152) silversmith Gustav Magnus Akerblom (Postnikova-Loseva # 1656) assayer Edudard Fedorovich Brandenburg (P-L # 1176) |
114 |  |
Moskow 1908-1926 (P-L # 3887) silversmith Erik Kollin ? (doubtful: Kollin died 1901) |
115 |  |
Warsaw 1865 silversmith RADKE assayer JS (possibly) |
116 |  |
Moskow 1795 alderman AOP (P-L # 2136) assayer Andreì Titov (P-L # 2094) |
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Moskow 1892 (P-L # 2022) silversmith Gustav Gustavovich Klingert (Postnikova-Loseva # 3035) assayer Anatoliì Apollonovich Artsibashev (P-L # 2125) |
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Moskow 1866 (P-L # 2012) silversmith SAG assayer Viktor Savinkov (P-L # 2112) |
119 |  |
Moskow 1908-1926 (P-L # 3887) silversmith Nikolai Pavlovich Pavlov (Postnikova-Loseva # 2742) |
120 |  |
St. Petersburg 1874 (P-L #1152) silversmith EMK (P-L #1275) assayer IE (P-L #1183) |
121 |  |
St.Petersburg 1861(P-L # 1143) silversmith Johan Warjus (P-L # 1753) assayer Aleksandr Nikolaevich Mitin (Postnikova-Loseva # 1175) |
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Warsaw 1883 silversmith OSTROCHOxxKI assayer GC |
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Moskow 1753 (P-L # 1971) silversmith Grigoriì Ivanov Serebrnikov (Postnikova-Loseva # 2386) assayer Danila Moshalkin (Postnikova-Loseva #2080) |
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Moskow 179? silversmith EA assayer Andreì Titov ? |
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St.Petersburg 1836 (P-L # 1145) silversmith Johann Fridrik Akerblom (Postnikova-Loseva #1740) assayer Dmitriì Ilbich Tverskoy (Postnikova-Loseva #1172) |
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