silver salt cellar in Pan-Slavic style
unfortunately this isn't a silver salt cellar made in Russia in 1879 in Pan-Slavic style but a piece
of modern manufacture with fake Imperial Russia marks.
It has tapering cylindrical form standing on three bracket type feet, the upper perimeter is chased with
a diaper frieze.
To the base it bears fake maker's mark A.M. and a mark incorporating the date 1879 and the purity stamp
84 (84 zolotnick corresponds to 875/1000). Additionaly it is struck again with the purity mark 84 to
the exterior base of one the the feet.
The salt cellar is 2 in. wide (cm. 5).
Beware!! Today most of the Russian silver and Judaica silver are new or fake
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