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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;DragonflyWink, post: 1773221, member: 111&quot;]Zagayevsky (the &#039;3&#039; is a Cyrillic &#039;Z&#039;) was the assayer for Riga, Latvia, which was part of the Russian Empire, and is where the piece would have been exported to, assayed and stamped - perhaps whoever told you the stamps were &quot;from both Russia and Estonia&quot;, was confusing Estonia for Latvia.&nbsp; Would guess your item was likely produced in Germany...</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.925-1000.com/Frussia_kokoshnik_01.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.925-1000.com/Frussia_kokoshnik_01.html" rel="nofollow">https://www.925-1000.com/Frussia_kokoshnik_01.html</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>The other mark, though badly rubbed, appears to be the &#039;bear-rampant-in-lozenge&#039; stamp that seems to show up on Riga import pieces of the period - it may me a Riga maker/importer, but there is a <i><b>theory</b></i> that it may be an unofficial or unknown Riga mark indicating .875 fineness:</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.925-1000.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=38&amp;t=34902&amp;p=108320&amp;hilit=rampant#p108320" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.925-1000.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=38&amp;t=34902&amp;p=108320&amp;hilit=rampant#p108320" rel="nofollow">https://www.925-1000.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=38&amp;t=34902&amp;p=108320&amp;hilit=rampant#p108320</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>~Cheryl[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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