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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;DragonflyWink, post: 2160109, member: 111&quot;]Truthfully, suspect this is a complete fantasy object, with whoever created it using a fake stamps on the tablets, the Grachev Bros, stamp also used on that coppery bit on the hasp - the letters, spacing, etc. appear to be identical (there should be marks on every single separate precious metal element of the item).&nbsp; The first two marks are the OP&#039;s, the other four are variants of genuine Grachev Bros. marks:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]252495[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Why are the town marks missing from tablets, and why are the assayer and quality marks separated?&nbsp; The three marks would typically have been a stub&nbsp; (troinik), struck together like the examples below (note that if struck separately, a &#039;notched&#039; quality mark wasn&#039;t used):</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]252484[/ATTACH]</p><p><a href="https://www.925-1000.com/Frussia_assay_variations.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.925-1000.com/Frussia_assay_variations.html" rel="nofollow">https://www.925-1000.com/Frussia_assay_variations.html</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Where are the other marks on the hasp?&nbsp; They could be hidden underneath, but why bother doing that if you&#039;re going to stamp the front of prominent parts (and again, why are they even stamped on the front?)</p><p><br /></p><p>Why does the Magen-David on the hasp look like it was cut out of an engine-turned piece?</p><p><br /></p><p>Why does the weirdly flat hand of the pointer bear only partial marks and one of those incomplete, even though there&#039;s plenty of room?&nbsp; It doesn&#039;t appear to have a depression at the edge like you&#039;d see if badly struck, but more like the mark was cut off.</p><p><br /></p><p>The mount on the little strap looks to have solder around the marks - why would that be?&nbsp; Why would those marks differ from the marks on the tablets?</p><p><br /></p><p>The feet appear to be silver, where are their marks?</p><p><br /></p><p>Even the wooden piece is &#039;off&#039; - why would it appear to made of several pieces rather than a single board?</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Certainly interesting, in an odd way, but personally, find pretty much everything about this item is just wrong...</p><p><br /></p><p>~Cheryl[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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