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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Any Jewelry, post: 355898, member: 2844&quot;]They look like shirt studs. They are silver with niello. The style is Caucasian (in the true meaning of the word).</p><p>An important silver centre in the Caucasus is Kubachi in Dagestan.</p><p>Niello is a black metal alloy and sulphur mixture used for inlay. The silver content is 84 zolotniki, .875 fineness (87.5% silver). They were made before 1896, when a national mark was introduced.</p><p><br /></p><p>I can&#039;t make out the town assay mark (in the crest shape), we need someone with better eyes to see that. It is asymmetrical, which rules out many, but leaves many others. Russia is big.<img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/wink.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=";)" unselectable="on" /></p><p>Caucasian silver can be marked in different towns, sometimes outside the Caucasus. This mark could be for Kazan, but I&#039;ll leave that to the others.</p><p>KL is the maker&#039;s mark, but you can only find the maker if you know which town to look in.</p><p>Here is another example of Caucasian niello ware:</p><p><a href="https://www.antiquers.com/threads/russian-cyrillic-translation-please-caucasian-silver-niello-buckle.23019/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.antiquers.com/threads/russian-cyrillic-translation-please-caucasian-silver-niello-buckle.23019/">https://www.antiquers.com/threads/russian-cyrillic-translation-please-caucasian-silver-niello-buckle.23019/</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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