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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Any Jewelry, post: 351479, member: 2844&quot;]I think the first thing to do is have the metal tested by a reliable jeweler who can also test for gold plated.</p><p>Russian items can be gold or silver gilt with silver details, even gold and silver gilt with silver, like this box:</p><p><img src="https://www.lempertz.com/typo3temp/_processed_/csm_Lempertz-1028-498-Decorative-Arts-Karl-Faberge-A-St-Petersburg-enamel-_a95fe67a61.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><a href="https://www.lempertz.com/en/catalogues/lot/1028-1/498-a-st-petersburg-enamel-silver-gilt-and-gold-box.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.lempertz.com/en/catalogues/lot/1028-1/498-a-st-petersburg-enamel-silver-gilt-and-gold-box.html" rel="nofollow">https://www.lempertz.com/en/catalogues/lot/1028-1/498-a-st-petersburg-enamel-silver-gilt-and-gold-box.html</a></p><p>They don&#039;t mention marks on each separate piece, and only show one set of marks. This is usually the case with the antique Russian gold I have seen. Maybe multiple, separate marking was required during a certain period, like after the introduction of a national mark.</p><p><br /></p><p>I hardly have any experience with Russian silver, mostly gold. But to me antique Russian gold and silver marks look pretty much the same. It seems the important thing was to establish the zolotniki.</p><p>A St Petersburg gold mark:</p><p><img src="http://romanovrussia.com/wp-content/uploads/DSC05665hh.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><a href="http://romanovrussia.com/antique/antique-19th-century-carved-gold-armorial-signet-ring/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://romanovrussia.com/antique/antique-19th-century-carved-gold-armorial-signet-ring/" rel="nofollow">http://romanovrussia.com/antique/antique-19th-century-carved-gold-armorial-signet-ring/</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Here is a list of zolotnik gold standards, the spelling is German, but that doesn&#039;t really matter in this case. 88 zolotnik is in the second row:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]119302[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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