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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;chucktell, post: 146460, member: 2162&quot;]I think I may have found the maker&#039;s mark for my Russian salt cellar. I found a pair of champagne flutes with the same IW maker&#039;s mark. The flutes also have the same assayer mark as mine (Lebedkin). And they have the left-facing kokoshnik: <a href="https://www.bukowskis.com/en/lots/471490-champagnebagare-ett-par-silver-schetinin-ilya-fomich-moskva-ca-1900-tot-vikt-ca-162-g" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.bukowskis.com/en/lots/471490-champagnebagare-ett-par-silver-schetinin-ilya-fomich-moskva-ca-1900-tot-vikt-ca-162-g" rel="nofollow">https://www.bukowskis.com/en/lots/471490-champagnebagare-ett-par-silver-schetinin-ilya-fomich-moskva-ca-1900-tot-vikt-ca-162-g</a></p><p>The only difference from mine is that the kokoshnik mark and 84 aren&#039;t the small version as previously described in my post above. But this makes sense because in 1899 they went to a larger marking format.</p><p>I also found this information: <i>(maker&#039;s mark Cyrillic &#039;I.Shch&#039; (possibly Ilya Schetinin), 1899-1908) </i>in this link: (<a href="http://www.christies.com/lotfinder/lot/three-russian-silver-tankards-with-hinged-covers-5704829-details.aspx" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.christies.com/lotfinder/lot/three-russian-silver-tankards-with-hinged-covers-5704829-details.aspx" rel="nofollow">http://www.christies.com/lotfinder/lot/three-russian-silver-tankards-with-hinged-covers-5704829-details.aspx</a>)</p><p>Even though the small-format kokoshnik was, by one description, only used the last half of 1898, I would think that the maker is actually probably Ilya Schetinin, even though it says his year range started in 1899, when the larger format began.</p><p>Thanks again for the help. Let me know if my thinking is off.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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