Hallmarks: 18th century
Found: 785Hallmarks: 18th century: 785 records in the reference, dated between 1700 and 1894. By type: masters — 369, urban — 126, assay masters — 61, assay — 3. Shield shapes here: rectangle — 345, circle — 51, square — 47, elongated rectangle — 46. The records cover 40 towns and villages. Most frequent: Петров Федор — 6, Фабрики братьев Афанасия и Степана Поповых — 6, Вейс Густав — 4. 374 different makers and works are named. Every entry carries an image of the mark, its letters, the years it was in use and the shape of the shield. Marking rules changed with assay legislation: before 1700, under the assay masters of the 18th–19th centuries, under the district offices of 1899–1926 and under Soviet assay supervision the marks looked different. The period narrows a search more than anything else.
