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<p>[QUOTE="DragonflyWink, post: 4419051, member: 111"]Ovchinnikov, like Fabergé, was/is very commonly faked - your item is missing the necessary assayer's mark, the too small Moscow mark, with its awkward depiction of 'St. George', is not placed right next to the quality mark as it should be according to its supposed age, and the oval combined mark on the secondary part of the item, also awkward, should not be stamped without the maker's mark also present.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Please note how the marks compare, as well as some info on Russian marks:</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]376589[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]376590[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.925-1000.com/Frussia.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.925-1000.com/Frussia.html" rel="nofollow">https://www.925-1000.com/Frussia.html</a></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]376591[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.925-1000.com/Frussia_city_01.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.925-1000.com/Frussia_city_01.html" rel="nofollow">https://www.925-1000.com/Frussia_city_01.html</a></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]376592[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="DragonflyWink, post: 4419051, member: 111"]Ovchinnikov, like Fabergé, was/is very commonly faked - your item is missing the necessary assayer's mark, the too small Moscow mark, with its awkward depiction of 'St. George', is not placed right next to the quality mark as it should be according to its supposed age, and the oval combined mark on the secondary part of the item, also awkward, should not be stamped without the maker's mark also present. Please note how the marks compare, as well as some info on Russian marks: [ATTACH=full]376589[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]376590[/ATTACH] [URL]https://www.925-1000.com/Frussia.html[/URL] [ATTACH=full]376591[/ATTACH] [URL]https://www.925-1000.com/Frussia_city_01.html[/URL] [ATTACH=full]376592[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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