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Kubachi silver (Russian: Кубачинское серебро) is a metalwork tradition and artistic style of silver handicrafts from the village of Kubachi in today's Republic of Dagestan, Russian Federation. Of the roughly 2,500 people who live in Kubachi, the silversmith industry employs some 300 masters.
A silver object that is to be sold commercially is, in most countries, stamped with one or more silver hallmarks indicating the purity of the silver, the mark of the manufacturer or silversmith, and other (optional) markings to indicate the date of manufacture and additional information about the piece.
Kovsh by Rückert, 1899–1908, from the Khalili Collection of Enamels of the World. Feodor Ivanovich Rückert, (German: Friedrich Moritz Rückert), (1840 in Alsace — 1917 in Moscow) was a silversmith, goldsmith, and Fabergé workmaster of German origin.
The French 1st alloy is 95% silver and 5% copper or other metals. [3] 91 zolotnik Russian silver has a millesimal fineness of 947. The zolotnik (Russian золотник, from the Russian zoloto, or золото, meaning gold) was used in Russia as early as the 11th century to denote the weight of gold coins. In its earliest usage, the zolotnik ...
Soviet jewelry falls under the category of art, antiques and collectibles which are all grouped and defined as Movable Cultural Property. [1] [2] Although all Soviet jewelry can be called art, most of jewelry from USSR is considered to be collectibles and some, depending on the jurisdiction under which they are located, are (or soon to become) legitimate antiques.
Kievan Rus' bronze thick-plastic rings are also distinguished from personal attire, differing from simple rings in a cast ornament of three to five hallmarks, each of which contains an element of a complex ornamental pattern. This type of rings was first singled out in 1959 by Mikhail Zhitomirskaya and named cellular in his thesis “Ornamented ...
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1000th anniv. of ancient Russian architecture Saint Sophia Cathedral in Kiev: 35,000 900 31.1 1988 3 rubles 1000th anniv. of ancient Russian Mintage Vladimir's Srebrenik 35,000 900 31.1 1989 3 rubles 500th anniv. of Russian State first All-Russian coins 40,000 900 31.1 1989 3 rubles 500th anniv. of Russian State Moscow Kremlin: 40,000 900 31.1 1990