Sugar tongs

[Goldstein]

Hi -

someone is offering me some interesting early sugar tongs - but I can not find the town mark. Sorry for the unclear photo - but that is all I have...
Any help wellcome!




Regards
Goldstein

[madej]

Hi
Looks like Odessa. Is that an anchor below?

[Goldstein]

Hi -

there is no assayer AC in Odessa! So it could not be Odessa.
Thanks anyway!

Regards
Goldstein

[madej]

Yes, I did not find the AC assayer in Odessa, but I say that the city mark is similar to Odessa
Regards

[Ubaranda]

Hi all!

This is really Odessa. AC - unknown assayer in 1836-1840. The maker МИ is also unknown.

Regards.

[Goldstein]

Hi Ubaranda -

Many thanks for your efforts!

Regards
Goldstein

[madej]

Hi.
So again, what is obvious for some, but it is not:)
Regards

[Goldstein]

Hi -

here an update - I bought the sugar tongs.
The maker is ИЮ - not MИ! Also not in my files.




Regards
Goldstein

[Ubaranda]

The maker is ИЮ - not MИ!

Great!
The maker is Исаак Юрович (Isaak Yurovich) who worked in Odessa in the late 1830s - early 1840s.
Ragards.

[Goldstein]

Hi Ubaranda -

this are good news! Do you have a source?

Many thanks!!

Regards
Goldstein

[Ubaranda]

Hi Goldstein!
The sources are Address-calendars of Novorossiya and various sites about the history of Odessa.
Regards.

[Goldstein]

Hi Ubaranda -

thanks again!
The assaymaster remains unknown though he was at least for 2 years on duty (as far as I have from him punched objects).

Regards
Goldstein