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<p>[QUOTE="Barn Owl, post: 2209475, member: 4864"]I know that Russian silver is rife with fakes and reproductions, but I bought this cigarette case listed as sterling instead of 875, with no reference at all to its origin, so I figured it would be a safe wager. Particularly since it's shape is unique. I found the assayer as Edudard Fedorovich and the city mark as St. Petersburg, but the maker's mark is a mystery to me.</p><p>Worst case scenario, I figure, is that I'm out a bit of money and I get a harsh lesson to boot.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]254557[/ATTACH] </p><p>[ATTACH=full]254555[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]254556[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]254552[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]254553[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Barn Owl, post: 2209475, member: 4864"]I know that Russian silver is rife with fakes and reproductions, but I bought this cigarette case listed as sterling instead of 875, with no reference at all to its origin, so I figured it would be a safe wager. Particularly since it's shape is unique. I found the assayer as Edudard Fedorovich and the city mark as St. Petersburg, but the maker's mark is a mystery to me. Worst case scenario, I figure, is that I'm out a bit of money and I get a harsh lesson to boot. [ATTACH=full]254557[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]254555[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]254556[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]254552[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]254553[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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