I am trying to identify the maker of this silver spoon.
The marks seem to be:
H∀ Н‧Д 84
___1835_____[City Mark]
I identify these as:
АН: in Cyrillic alphabet but upside down (?), a Goldsmith mark in AN (latin alphabet)
Н‧Д 1835: In Cyrillic alphabet, ND for Nikolai Dubrovin (Active in Moscow 1822-1855)
84: 84 "zol", 875/1000
City Mark: I see, with some imagination, the St. George from Moscow. It seems turned clockwise to ~90°. But is is not clear.
If I am not wrong, then the goldsmith who apparently did this spoon, according to the interpretation above, marks with "АН" and was probably active in Moscow (or at least went to an assayer in Moscow) during the year 1835.
This would exclude the goldsmiths that I was able to find on this website (link 1, actually no one found) or similar websites (link 2, an Anders Johan Navalinen, but he seems to be active in a successive period):
https://www.925-1000.com/Frussia_makers_A_r.html
http://www.silvercollection.it/bisrussi ... marks.html
Of course I emitted the hypothesis that this may not be a assay mark from Moscow, but i do not think this is the case.
The mark, as it is considered to be turned upside down, could theoretically also be written in Latin letters. In this case it would be AH (as in ah) but here too, I was unable to find a goldsmith under these signs.
Or it could be that the A is in fact another letter, even if it seems to be a clear A (it could have been a Д, a V etc.). The same applies to the Н (could be an И etc.). My last hypothesis is that there might even be a goldsmith that accidentally or not marked H∀ as such, with an A upside down.
I would be very glad for any help or hints.
I hope somebody can now reply to my Cyrillic "АН" with a Latin AHHH! ;)
Greetings,
Niko
