Posted 12 years ago
lunagon58
(2 items)
My father was a military officer in Red Army in Europe 1943-1945.he was in Germany, Austria,Hung aria Czechoslovakia .He bring this spoon in Russia in 1945 .Can somebody tell where from this spoon and ornament on spoon body mean . Inside have two Stamp a mark --84 and 98 .
Thank you for the help!! L=6 inch
I appreciate any insight from anyone.
leon.
Your "84" mark in a rectangle is the Russian Kokoshnik mark used for the period 1908-1926.
source: Silvercollection dot it site, under the heading "Other Kokoshnik marks used in the period 1908-1926"
http://www.silvercollection.it/dictionarykokoshnik.html
The 84 is one of the four Russian standards to indicate silver purity.
So, 84 zolotniki = 84/96 or 875/1000 parts pure silver fineness, or .875. As a comparison, "sterling" silver is 925/1000 fineness or .925.
source: 925-1000 dot com "A Brief Overview of Russian Hallmarking"
http://www.925-1000.com/Frussia.html
The other mark, when the spoon is reversed, is the maker's mark. The B is the Cyrillac letter "Ve" and the ? is the Cyrillac letter "Be." I am not able to identify this silversmith.
So, the Cyrillac script B? translates to the Latin letters VB.
source: Wikipedia "Cyrillic script:"
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyrillic_script
I see that my cut and paste of the Cyrillac letter "Be" didn't print and instead is a question mark. Anyway, it is the other symbol that I will try again:
B? = VB
:-) one more try and then I give up:
BБ = VB