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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;DragonflyWink, post: 396994, member: 111&quot;]The poster who believes it&#039;s some kind of so far unsubstantiated &#039;jeweler&#039;s metal&#039; is very knowledgeable on old Russian silver, but is like a dog with a bone on this Soviet mark, there&#039;s been several posts concerning it (the supposed percentage of silver also varies when he mentions it) - items bearing the marks can be found in original boxes indicating the maker as &#039;Mstera Jewellers&#039; and sometimes mentioning &#039;melchior&#039;.</p><p><br /></p><p>Your first piece, with the &#039;ЮМ0МЕТ&#039; mark was made by &#039;Mstera Jewellers&#039;, and would be silverplated base metal, usually cupronickel or nickel silver (both sometimes called &#039;Melchior&#039;), the &#039;0&#039; between the &#039;ЮМ&#039; and &#039;МЕТ&#039; indicates it was made in 1960, with the &#039;1ϹОРТ&#039; indicating &#039;first grade/quality&#039;.&nbsp; The second piece, made by &#039;Kolchuginsky Melchior&#039; is nickel silver (МНЦ = Медь/copper - Никель/nickel - Цинк/zinc), the other marks indicate the price in rubles and kopeks.</p><p><br /></p><p>Believe both factories are still in business...</p><p><br /></p><p>~Cheryl[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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