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<p>[QUOTE="Ladybranch, post: 108039, member: 44"]I believe it is Russian from the Soviet era by the Mstera Jewellers in 1967.</p><p><br /></p><p>7ЮММЕТ "... is the factory mark used by Mstera Jewellers for its metal objects. The I-O is for 'jeweller' (in Russian, obviously), the first M for Mstera, and MET to indicate that it is a non-precious metal. Often there is a number in front of the name to indicate a year in the sixties, or between the two Ms to indicate a year in the seventies."</p><p><br /></p><p>The material is melchior, an alloy of copper with nickel and zinc usually called nickel silver.</p><p>"The name of the metal is melchior, an alloy of copper, nickel, and zinc. The largest component is the copper. Like nickel silver, it was developped as a silver substitute, but contains absolutely no silver. Sometime in the sixties, fancier objects or tourist items, such as salt cellars, became silverplated. Melchior was also widely used for jewellery."</p><p>Scroll down and read the 15th post. The poster was Lea and it was posted Mar. 9, 2014</p><p><a href="http://www.925-1000.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=20870" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.925-1000.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=20870" rel="nofollow">http://www.925-1000.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=20870</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Here is the salt cellar on a Scandinavian site:</p><p><a href="http://translate.google.com/translate?u=http%3A//www.osta.ee/ru/vaga-vana-soolatoos-nr-2-jummet-21569851.html&hl=en&langpair=auto|en&tbb=1&ie=UTF-8" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://translate.google.com/translate?u=http%3A//www.osta.ee/ru/vaga-vana-soolatoos-nr-2-jummet-21569851.html&hl=en&langpair=auto|en&tbb=1&ie=UTF-8" rel="nofollow">http://translate.google.com/translate?u=http://www.osta.ee/ru/vaga-vana-soolatoos-nr-2-jummet-21569851.html&hl=en&langpair=auto|en&tbb=1&ie=UTF-8</a></p><p><br /></p><p>--- Susan[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Ladybranch, post: 108039, member: 44"]I believe it is Russian from the Soviet era by the Mstera Jewellers in 1967. 7ЮММЕТ "... is the factory mark used by Mstera Jewellers for its metal objects. The I-O is for 'jeweller' (in Russian, obviously), the first M for Mstera, and MET to indicate that it is a non-precious metal. Often there is a number in front of the name to indicate a year in the sixties, or between the two Ms to indicate a year in the seventies." The material is melchior, an alloy of copper with nickel and zinc usually called nickel silver. "The name of the metal is melchior, an alloy of copper, nickel, and zinc. The largest component is the copper. Like nickel silver, it was developped as a silver substitute, but contains absolutely no silver. Sometime in the sixties, fancier objects or tourist items, such as salt cellars, became silverplated. Melchior was also widely used for jewellery." Scroll down and read the 15th post. The poster was Lea and it was posted Mar. 9, 2014 [URL]http://www.925-1000.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=20870[/URL] Here is the salt cellar on a Scandinavian site: [URL]http://translate.google.com/translate?u=http%3A//www.osta.ee/ru/vaga-vana-soolatoos-nr-2-jummet-21569851.html&hl=en&langpair=auto|en&tbb=1&ie=UTF-8[/URL] --- Susan[/QUOTE]
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