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Have to say, especially since your photos are so nice and clear, that the areas Qrt.S pointed out, which you see as dents and damage, also appear to my eye to be casting flaws; and personally see no indication that it would be anything other than a fairly recently made piece. Even without ...

Postnikov wrote:Hi Silver Guy -

as a collector with some tactile sense you will maybe value and apprechiate my special offer to you:

Postnikov

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Could it be that this is an old reproduction and the wear from handling has given the charka the appearance of being genuine when it is not?

As the guidelines suggest a little "heat" (my own term) in the discussion is to be expected sometimes. The points that have been made have been great though ...

Hey, hey, gentlemen please calm down, this a debate, in not a duel. I’ve been away for a few hours and therefore I’ve been silent,

Soon you will notice something. “The more you learn the less you realize you know. It’s a cruel world we are living in. When I was 20 years, I knew everything worth ...

I would not presume to apologize for another member of the forum, but most of the members here are friendly and helpful in a considerate manner, hopefully you will return with other interesting objects. There is something to be learned from most pieces posted in the various forums.

There was some ...

Hi Silver Guy -

I can not explain more and show you more as I did. It is always the same song: "All fakes are ugly - mine is the best". I would suggest to go to librarys or buy some books and learn - this is much cheaper than collecting scrap silver (maybe you let it test - mostly the silver ...

Hi Silver Guy -

By the way - if you watch eBay international, your Tsharka is showing up minimum once per month.

Hope this will calm you down a little.

Regards
Postnikov

Hi Postnikov - thanks very much for the photos and detailed description - really interesting and more in-line with what I ...

Hello,
Interesting discussion. There are a few details that would help clarify everyone's understanding. The eagle and helmet badge applique are cast pieces, I am curious if the helmet itself is cast, diestamped or hand raised. Could you provide a picture of the interior of the helmet and the ...

It is undoubtedly a copy/fake believe Juke and me. I don't know when and where it's made. Anyway, you're asking how to separate originals from fakes? If I would ask you how did you learn to separate the letter A from the letter B etc. and later combine the letters to words and finally you could ...

Let me put it this way, English is not my native tongue as you probably noted. I only tried to tell you in a soft way that your charka is more or less a "copy" as Juke already stated. Brutishly expressed, your cup is a fake marks included, sorry.

I know the assayer's (Cyr. HK) background, he ...

Hi!

I have to agree with Qrt.S, the marks are supposed to be russian marks so unfortunately it is most likely a copy of a known russian charka model.

Regards,
Juke

Hi Juke - thanks for this. How would one know that these marks are not right? I find it hard to believe someone would go to the ...

Ye, I'll try to help you but most likely you'll be disappointed. Yes, the marks are supposed to be Imperial Russian. This is the best I can do:

The HK is supposed to be assayer Nikolai Nikolajevitch Korbitskij
The City mark is supposed to be Moscow's St George
The Maker's mark is supposed to be ...

Hi there!

Can you please help on identifying the hallmarks on this Russian silver miniature? I tried to check the forum, but can't find the maker mark, assayer mark, or the city mark (looks a little bit like Moscow but can't be sure).
What do you think? A good silversmith?

Thanks!

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Thank you Dognose, Dnl, Clown 123, and Bahner - this information is really, really helpful - you folks are a great resource!

Hi Trev - wow - I had missed that one when I was looking through the site! Thanks for pointing it out! Any idea on who the silversmith may be?

Thanks again!

Hi there! Can anyone recognize where the hallmark on this candelabra came from and who is the silversmith? The assay mark is the number three and a pretty lady facing left. The silversmith's mark is "JS".

I understand that this piece lived in Austria for many years - is it Austria by any chance ...

Nevir was was a competent and prolific manufacturer, if the number & quality of pieces I've seen by him are any guide.

Yes, I'm sure that the "L" is an assayer's letter. Around the middle of the 18th century, the Berlin guild began putting a letter in the city mark to identify the tenure of the ...

Hi Blackstone - thanks so much for responding - much appreciated. Very useful to know about Nevir - I assume he was working in Berlin? Was he a good silversmith?

With respect to the letter "L" - are you sure that's the letter of the assayer? It appears right behind the Bear for Berlin, which I ...

Sorry about the poor quality of the hallmark photo - I tried again to show the hallmark in this third photo - does anyone recognize this H. NEVIR? And although the Berlin bear is hard to see in this photo - you can clearly see the date letter - I think it's an "L" in lower case... Thanks for any ...

Hi there! Can you please help identify this early German maker from Berlin and the date letter?

The mark is the Berlin Bear with what looks like a cursive letter "L", and the silversmith (or retailer) is named H. Nevir.

Pics below - any help on the silversmith and the possible date is greatly ...