Russian bowl

Juke · Post by **Juke** » Tue Feb 27, 2007 12:24 pm

Hi,

I have a russian bowl which I have found out to be made by Nicols & Plinke in St.Petersburg in 1873. The bowl has also a nice coat of arms.

I would like to know who is the assayer. If there is also some knowledge of the coat of arms it would be interested to know.

Rgds,
Juhana
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paulh · Post by **paulh** » Tue Feb 27, 2007 3:32 pm

According to my references that St. Petersburg assay master is "Unknown"

Paul
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Juke · Post by **Juke** » Wed Feb 28, 2007 5:09 am

Thanks anyway, it is good to know as I believe you have a good reference on russian silver.
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Bahner · Post by **Bahner** » Sun Mar 04, 2007 5:13 am

Hi, unknown assayer, active in St. Petersburg ca. 1870-1891. The "P K" would be the maker. There is no known maker with exactly this mark, but it seems possible that the PK stands for Robert Kokhun (literal transcription), active around 1874-1883. Just a gut feeling: I believe the "NP" mark is a later tax mark. Best wishes, Bahner
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