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Message:: [QUOTE="Figtree3, post: 6895, member: 33"]I agree with the idea of finding somebody to look at this in person.  In looking for a while at various sites with information about Rucker and other Faberge workmasters, I found no indication that Rucker's mark was ever just his surname initial.  And the other workmasters with that surname initial also all seemed to use both initials. The page for the Royal collection item (<a href="http://www.royalcollection.org.uk/microsites/royalfaberge/MicroObject.asp?item=7&themeid=2491&object=100306&row=7&detail=about" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.royalcollection.org.uk/microsites/royalfaberge/MicroObject.asp?item=7&themeid=2491&object=100306&row=7&detail=about" rel="nofollow">http://www.royalcollection.org.uk/microsites/royalfaberge/MicroObject.asp?item=7&themeid=2491&object=100306&row=7&detail=about</a>) says at the bottom, "Text adapted from Fabergé in the Royal Collection."  That is a book... So the website is a tertiary source, although it is on the official site for the Royal Collection Trust and one would think it's reliable.  You might want to find a copy of the book (which was published in 2003) to see what it says about the piece.  It may include an image of the mark. I don't see a squiggle to the left of the К Фаберже mark and probably wouldn't know what it was even it I did![/QUOTE]