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<p>[QUOTE="IvaPan, post: 9087768, member: 78949"][USER=16283]@bosko69[/USER] , it looks that there was a flashlight on the photo of the clock face so I cannot see the image well. Will try on a bigger screen later. Still cannot see well, but there seem to be two figures looking at something on the ground and they do not seem to bear the features of Russian folk tales (outfit, postures, colors, etc.) they rather seem to me like classical mythological figures from the Middle Ages paintings.</p><p><br /></p><p>[USER=602]@Aquitaine[/USER], the one with the number is the assayer's mark, before 1899 some of them put below (or above) their initials also the year of putting the mark, there are many examples like this. The year looks to me as 1885. No logic to be 1980s as the rest of the marks are all from 19 century.</p><p><br /></p><p>I cannot assess the authenticity of the marks, I can only read and decipher them.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="IvaPan, post: 9087768, member: 78949"][USER=16283]@bosko69[/USER] , it looks that there was a flashlight on the photo of the clock face so I cannot see the image well. Will try on a bigger screen later. Still cannot see well, but there seem to be two figures looking at something on the ground and they do not seem to bear the features of Russian folk tales (outfit, postures, colors, etc.) they rather seem to me like classical mythological figures from the Middle Ages paintings. [USER=602]@Aquitaine[/USER], the one with the number is the assayer's mark, before 1899 some of them put below (or above) their initials also the year of putting the mark, there are many examples like this. The year looks to me as 1885. No logic to be 1980s as the rest of the marks are all from 19 century. I cannot assess the authenticity of the marks, I can only read and decipher them.[/QUOTE]
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