Russian Silver - Pushkin Antiques
www.pushkinantiques.com › russian-silverThere are also other standards that can be encountered, which include 88, 91, 94 and very rarely 96 (meaning pure silver). Up to the late 19th century each silver item had to be marked, other than with the silver standard mark, also with town mark, Assay Master mark with date, and Maker’s mark.
Russian silver hallmarks: identification of silversmith, town and ...
In the metric system, one zolotnik equals 4,266 grams, 96 zolotniks equal one Russian pound. Converting the Russian marks to sterling values, we obtain the following comparisons in silver purity degree: 84 zol. = 875/1000 88 zol. = 916,6/1000 91 zol. = 947,9/1000 main page silversmith's hallmarks assayer's marks town marks artels kokoshnik fakes