Help with Russian / Cyrillic - niello locket

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  1. evelyb30

    evelyb30 Well-Known Member

    It's a Russian-style niello locket and sure looks Russian. I need to get the marks under a loupe to be sure. It has a word written across the back and I can about read place names (sometimes) but that's as far as I get. Caucasus? I did some digging and I think that's what it says?

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    evelyb30, Oct 9, 2021
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  2. Natasha

    Natasha Well-Known Member

    Yes, it's Caucasus written with the letter Ъ in the end which is not used in modern spelling. It means it was made before 1917 (or it's a modern remake of an old piece, sometimes this letter is used to make a piece looks old)
     
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  3. evelyb30

    evelyb30 Well-Known Member

    There's a photograph inside that's distinctly older than dirt; I'll have to get a loupe on the marks but it feels old.
     
    evelyb30, Oct 11, 2021
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