Hallmarks: Before 1700

Hallmarks: Before 1700: 97 records in the reference, dated between 1451 and 1735. By type: masters — 58, urban — 16, assay — 3. Shield shapes here: circle — 25, square — 12, rectangle — 9, oval — 9. The records cover 6 towns and villages. Most frequent: Платини Петр — 3, Маск Ассмус — 2. 56 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.