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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Any Jewelry, post: 351401, member: 2844&quot;]It is beautiful, DB.</p><p>From what I can see it is a Moscow St. George and dragon mark with an 88 zolotnik mark. 88 zolotnik is 22k gold. The zolotnik mark was compulsory from 1882 onward.</p><p>There is no national mark (kokoshnik mark), which was introduced in 1896. This leads me to believe the commemorative date on top was added later.</p><p>The AK mark looks like the one for Moscow maker Antip Kuzmichev, who worked as a master goldsmith from 1856-1897.</p><p>The style is very much that of Moscow, which emphasized traditional Russian motifs. Unlike for instance St. Petersburgh goldsmith Fabergé, who was more internationally influenced. This was always the difference between the two cities.</p><p>Gold/silversmiths in both cities often employed Norwegian enamelers. Norway is still famous for its beautiful enamel. Whether the enameler of you beautiful case was Norwegian, we may never know.</p><p><br /></p><p>So in my opinion, Moscow made, 22k gold, by Antip Kuzmichev between 1882 and 1896, the commemorative date a later but beautiful addition. Not unusual, and no problem there.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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