Master's Mark of Buch Iwar Wenfeld - Leningrad - initials "BUCH"

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Metal: Silver, Gold
Initials: BUCH
Year: 1749
Shape: Elongated rectangle
Products: torchères, consoles, two tables and chandeliers, ERO; gold church vessels with cameos, GOP.
Description: Buch Iwar Wenfeld (born 1749, died 1811), son of the Danish goldsmith Didrich Buch who moved to Norway in the early 18th century. He studied with his brothers in his father's workshop, in 1776 became a master gold- and silversmith in the foreign guild of St. Petersburg, had 6 apprentices, worked for the imperial court. A rectangular mark with the surname "BUCH". Products: torchères, consoles, two tables and chandeliers, ERO; gold church vessels with cameos, GOP. Shape: Elongated rectangle Metal: GoldSilver