Russian "Sterling" Silver Caviar Scoop /Spoon
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Pre 1900 item# 146065 (stock#RussCav)
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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
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Russian Armorial Silver Fork with Poison Test
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Pre 1900 item# 145998 (stock#RussFk)
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$175. Inquire or offer
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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
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