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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Any Jewelry, post: 11327965, member: 2844&quot;]Hi Tammie. As komo said, a samovar tray is not a complete set, and countless sets were made.</p><p>It is better to have a samovar without a tray, than vice versa.<img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/wink.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=";)" unselectable="on" /> So if you want to sell it, you may not get more for it than you would for any other vintage brass tray.</p><p><br /></p><p>Imperial means made for the Imperial household, which this wasn&#039;t.</p><p>The stamp is not of the double-headed eagle, but it looks to me to be the Moscow coat of arms:</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coat_of_arms_of_Moscow" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coat_of_arms_of_Moscow" rel="nofollow">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coat_of_arms_of_Moscow</a></p><p><br /></p><p>The coat of arms is part of the maker&#039;s mark, and a Moscow coat of arms makes sense for a Moscow factory.</p><p><br /></p><p>The brass handles are not hand-filed, simply cast, which is often the case. They are indeed copper riveted.</p><p>I see no evidence of the tray itself being hammered brass, it looks machine stamped, which I would expect of a factory-made tray. Maybe more pictures will show that it is hand-hammered.</p><p><br /></p><p>I don&#039;t see a hallmark, only the manufacturer&#039;s mark, as above. Hallmarks are punched by an assay office or other government office.</p><p>As for the date of operation of the Moscow (samovar?) Factory, maybe one of our Russian-speaking members can help us.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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