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Fabergé mark: Cyrillic workmaster-initial punch beside an 88 fineness and profile-head assay punch, 1899–1908
Mark details
- Maker
- Fabergé →
- Period
- 1899–1908
- Appearance
- Cyrillic workmaster-initial punch beside an 88 fineness and profile-head assay punch
- Type
- struck
- Material
- silver-gilt
- Place
- St Petersburg, Russia
Dating cue
The separate workmaster punch attributes manufacture; the adjacent assay mark supplies a different part of the chronology.
Notes
The auction identifies the initials as Afanassiev’s.