USSR: sch/f, 7, TJ, E + star + 916

[orthogonal]

A dear friend asked me what all those hallmarks mean. I dont have any idea myself. Two spoons, same marks, but one with "f" the other with "sch". I found the mark with the star online as "USSR". Can you help me with the others?

[dognose]

Hi,

I'll stick my neck out with this one. It's Estonian. The TJ mark represents the Tallinnskij Juvelirnij Zavod (Tallin's Jewellery factory). The preceding '7' indicates the year, but I do not know which one, probably 1967 or 1977.

Wait for someone who really know's what they are talking about to confirm/deny.

Trev.

[Qrt.S]

:-))))) nice doing dognose. "TJ7" would be 1967 while 7TJ is 1977---at least to my understanding. Silver year marking in Soviet is usually quit logic, but in some cases like this it might cause confusion.

[orthogonal]

Thank you both a lot, I am impressed!

[Qrt.S]

Forgot to tell that Ф and Ж (not sch: Ш) are most like journeyman's marks.

[orthogonal]

Thanks for your help and also for pointing out the difference between between Ж and Ш!

[Goldstein]

The logic is for nearly everybody understandable - often posted on this forum.