A 50-PIECE SET OF RUSSIAN SILVER FLATWARE, MOSCOW AND ST. PETERSBURG, EARLY 20TH CENTURY
comprising:
(a) a fish server engraved with a fisherman and a pike, marked with 84 standard, assayer's mark Ya L in Cyrillic for Yakov Nikolaevich Lyapunov, workmaster's mark J.K in Latin, St. Petersburg, 1898-1903; length: 29 cm (11 3/8 in.), weight: 95.5 g (3.070 ozt)
b) a ladle, marked with 84 standard, assayer's mark IL in Cyrillic for Ivan Sergeevich Lebyodkin, workmaster's mark M.E.T., Moscow, 1899-1903; length: 28.5 cm (11 1/4 in.), weight: approx. 86 g (2.795 ozt)
c) twelve teaspoons, eleven marked with 84 standard, assayer's mark IL in Cyrillic for Ivan Sergeevich Lebyodkin, workmaster's mark M.A.A, Moscow, 1899-1903; length: 15 cm (5 7/8 in.), weight: 35.3 g (1.130 ozt), one marked with 84 standard, workmaster's mark N.P in Cyrillic, Moscow, 1908-1926; length: 14.5 cm (5 3/4 in.), weight: 20.7 g (0.665 ozt)
d) twelve spoons, each marked with 84 standard, assayer's mark IL in Cyrillic for Ivan Sergeevich Lebyodkin, workmaster's mark M.A.A, Moscow, 1899-1903; length: 21.2 cm (8 3/8 in.), weight: 64.5 g (2.070 ozt)
e) twelve butter knives with English stainless steel blades and silver handles, each marked with 84 standard, assayer's mark IL in Cyrillic for Ivan Sergeevich Lebyodkin, workmaster's mark M.E.T., Moscow, 1899-1903; length: 25 cm, weight: 117.5 g (3.775 ozt)