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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;IvaPan, post: 11643753, member: 78949&quot;]Just to say that I agree with Dragon Wink and Any about the marks. I don&#039;t see a distinct kokoshnik mark, and the inscription is not Cyrillic. It is neither Latin though, so I don&#039;t know what it is. It looks like one &quot;I&quot; followed by a &quot;K&quot; attached to another, thinner &quot;I&quot;. In Cyrillic &quot;I&quot; is &quot;И&quot;.</p><p><br /></p><p>Also a suspicious detail is that there is no mark for gold purity relevant to the period of the kokoshnik mark. All marks I have seen from the Tsarist Russia times, bore apart from kokoshnik head also the purity mark - for 14 K gold it was 56, for 18 Kt was 72, etc. It was legally mandatory in the Empire to put this mark for precious metals (because of the taxes), and the punishment was harsh for not complying, up to closing the business. Also it was mandatory to have the assayer&#039;s mark (i.e. the initials of the certification person from the local office where the item was made).</p><p><br /></p><p>In Russian collectors&#039; sites there are lists of assayers&#039; initials and names from the different local offices (Moscow office, St. Petersburg office, etc.).[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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