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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Ladybranch, post: 110203, member: 44&quot;]Absolutely lovely items you have been posting! My curiosity is getting the best of me. Excuse me for being nosy, but just have to ask. What is the history - provenance - of these jewels?</p><p><br /></p><p>Rusian or any continental gold markings certainly isn&#039;t one of my few high points and there doesn&#039;t seem to be very much on the web about gold markings. There are several silver marks websites. It appears the same Russian city marks are used on their silver and gold as are similar other markings. Soooo will try to work through the 3th pic - the brooch marks. The stamp, punch, with &quot;96.&quot; That is really 2 marks that are always stamped touching each other making it appear as 1 mark. That mark may be upside down. The mark with 95, is the gold purity/standard. That mark is usually on the left. If it is upside down then it would read 56. My problem is not knowing Russian gold standards. That other jark touching it is a city mark. As it is rubbed, I&#039;m not sure what city, but if I had to guess, I&#039;d say St. Petersburg. The shape of the punch looks like one of them used from 1860-1872 or 1873-1898.</p><p><br /></p><p>St. Peterburg&#039;s bottom half of page,</p><p><a href="http://www.925-1000.com/Frussia_city_01.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.925-1000.com/Frussia_city_01.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.925-1000.com/Frussia_city_01.html</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Other Russian city marks:</p><p><a href="http://www.925-1000.com/Frussia_city_02.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.925-1000.com/Frussia_city_02.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.925-1000.com/Frussia_city_02.html</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Nowwwww, I certainly am not sure it is St. Petersburg city mark!!!&nbsp; Hopefully some one with better eyes can tell for sure what city. Am including an enlarged version of the mark. Those other jarks of an arrow an JJ, are the maker&#039;s marks. I haven&#039;t any info on a JJ gold maker&#039;s mark.</p><p><br /></p><p>--- Susan </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]27735[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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