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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Figtree3, post: 45993, member: 33&quot;]The handwriting on the last line is the date given to the piece. I don&#039;t know if it&#039;s the date of manufacture or the date of sale. The date is the 23rd of (some month) 1969.</p><p><br /></p><p>Also, the engraved lettering on the samovar itself says Yasnaya Polyana (Ясная Поляна), which was the name of the estate and home of Leo Tolstoy.</p><p><br /></p><p>Not important, but the factory where it was made was named after somebody named B. L. Bannikov. I looked a little and haven&#039;t figured out who that was.</p><p><br /></p><p>Fig[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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