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Message:: [QUOTE="lizjewel, post: 2292455, member: 13874"]Recently obtained a small lot of silver flatware, knives and forks. The knife blades are stamped with a Swedish maker's marks. The forks have a typical poinçon of old European, Russian ware on the front of the utensil part. Here it's a Russian punched stamp, with 84, for Moscow[ATTACH=full]258134[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]258135[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]258136[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]258137[/ATTACH] w. I have arrived at the ware was manufactured in Russia, probably before 1908 to judge by the small head on the left of 84 (lower image of the two), most ressembling the punch mark on my ware. My question: Name of maker, name if any of the pattern? I have not found the exact design anywhere online yet. Perused gazillions of images on three search engines, maybe I missed it. It's obviously a Louis XV style pattern, probably a rather "late" such, as the swirling lines extending upward are Nouveau-inspired. S-words incl. Louis XV, rococo, rocaille, laurier, Russian antique silverware flatware, have all failed to turn up the EXACT style, although plenty of look-alikes. It's probably silver plate since no stamp for solid silver [800, 830, or 925 etc.) is in evidence anywhere. The knives have the same poinçon on the rim below the blade.[/QUOTE]