Featured Antique Russian Kiddush Cup

My grandmother told me that this cup was a gift from an uncle. It was among the things my maternal grandparents took with them when they left Russia in 1916.

Searching by images on Google, I found two cups with similar scrolling foliage designs, at invantiques.com and ancientpoint.com.

The marks, however, are not the same (nor is the height: this cup is 2.125 inches or almost 5.5 cm.). As I prepare to pass this along as part of the collection to my niece and nephew, I’m wondering whether anyone can help me with the identification, so I can put some documentation into the notes I send along with the pieces. The photos include the marks on the bottom as well as the side of the cup, right underneath the rim (the latter is as close-up a shot as I could manage).

 

At 2 inches high, this is almost certainly a kiddush cup. I've seen a few of them in antiques shops and auctions and such and I've never seen one taller than about three and a half, four inches.

I can't ID all the marks, but if I remember my Russian silver, '84' will be 84% silver.

 

We have a few of those at home. They are kiddush cups, and I was able to find several online websites a while back that explained the markings and the designs. I just now found a "19th century kiddush cup" Pinterest page. So, I'm not an expert who can offer help but there are several online resources out there.

Shangas is correct about the purity:

http://www.925-1000.com/Frussia.html

 

I like it! My ancestors also left Russia around that time.

 

84 zolotniks is .875

 

My ancestors also left Russia around the same time.

 

mine left Romania.....but they really weren't mine....but that's for another day...

 

Two of my relatives left Romania as well (my grandfather's parents) to come here.