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<p>[QUOTE="Ladybranch, post: 128671, member: 44"]Just dropped in to the forums to catch up on posted stuff and such while snowbirding! This spoon caught my attention. Moreotherstuff has answered your question. Following might give a bit more info. This spoon has 2 types of kokoshnik marks. BTW, kokoshnik is the name of the headdress the woman is wearing. From a query on the silver salon website:</p><p><br /></p><p>"The two shapes - oval and circular - had two different purposes. The oval shape was the primary general purpose mark for gold & silver wares, and the assay office was indicated on it by a Greek letter behind her head..</p><p><br /></p><p>"The circular mark was a garniture mark; i.e., a mark struck on small items and/or the auxilliary parts of an ensemble or suite. ... Here, the assay office was indicated by a Morse-code like series of dots and dashes around the perimeter of the mark..."</p><p><br /></p><p>Your circular mark has 2 dots behind the head. I'm not sure which city this represented because I can't see them well enough. Following are a couple of sites showing the circles with the right facing heads and the dots. Maybe you can see them better than me.</p><p><br /></p><p>Scroll about 2/3rds down the page:</p><p><a href="http://www.silvercollection.it/dictionarykokoshnik.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.silvercollection.it/dictionarykokoshnik.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.silvercollection.it/dictionarykokoshnik.html</a></p><p>Scroll down hardly a 1/4 of the page to see handrawn circles with the heads and dots:</p><p><a href="http://www.ascasonline.org/newsMAGGI60.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.ascasonline.org/newsMAGGI60.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.ascasonline.org/newsMAGGI60.html</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Here's the query on the Silver Salon site. Do read Blakstone's reply:</p><p><a href="http://www.smpub.com/ubb/Forum7/HTML/000171.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.smpub.com/ubb/Forum7/HTML/000171.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.smpub.com/ubb/Forum7/HTML/000171.html</a></p><p><br /></p><p>BTW, there are several Russian arrow spoons pictured online. Some are calling them caviar or demi tasse spoons. Here are some on the SpoonPlanet website.</p><p><a href="http://spoonplanet.com/rusarrow.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://spoonplanet.com/rusarrow.html" rel="nofollow">http://spoonplanet.com/rusarrow.html</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Links to others:</p><p><a href="https://www.google.com/search?q=russian+arrow+spoons&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&hl=en-us&client=" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.google.com/search?q=russian+arrow+spoons&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&hl=en-us&client=" rel="nofollow">https://www.google.com/search?q=russian+arrow+spoons&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&hl=en-us&client=</a></p><p><br /></p><p>--- Susan[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Ladybranch, post: 128671, member: 44"]Just dropped in to the forums to catch up on posted stuff and such while snowbirding! This spoon caught my attention. Moreotherstuff has answered your question. Following might give a bit more info. This spoon has 2 types of kokoshnik marks. BTW, kokoshnik is the name of the headdress the woman is wearing. From a query on the silver salon website: "The two shapes - oval and circular - had two different purposes. The oval shape was the primary general purpose mark for gold & silver wares, and the assay office was indicated on it by a Greek letter behind her head.. "The circular mark was a garniture mark; i.e., a mark struck on small items and/or the auxilliary parts of an ensemble or suite. ... Here, the assay office was indicated by a Morse-code like series of dots and dashes around the perimeter of the mark..." Your circular mark has 2 dots behind the head. I'm not sure which city this represented because I can't see them well enough. Following are a couple of sites showing the circles with the right facing heads and the dots. Maybe you can see them better than me. Scroll about 2/3rds down the page: [URL]http://www.silvercollection.it/dictionarykokoshnik.html[/URL] Scroll down hardly a 1/4 of the page to see handrawn circles with the heads and dots: [URL]http://www.ascasonline.org/newsMAGGI60.html[/URL] Here's the query on the Silver Salon site. Do read Blakstone's reply: [URL]http://www.smpub.com/ubb/Forum7/HTML/000171.html[/URL] BTW, there are several Russian arrow spoons pictured online. Some are calling them caviar or demi tasse spoons. Here are some on the SpoonPlanet website. [URL]http://spoonplanet.com/rusarrow.html[/URL] Links to others: [URL]https://www.google.com/search?q=russian+arrow+spoons&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&hl=en-us&client=[/URL] --- Susan[/QUOTE]
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