A PAIR OF RUSSIAN GOLD AND ENAMEL CUFFLINKS WITH SAPPHIRES AND DIAMONDS, WORKMASTER AUGUST FREDRIK HOLLMING, ST. PETERSBURG, 1899-1904
each with the white enamelled K in Cyrillic entertwined with an anchor and toppped by a silver crown set with diamonds above a sapphire-colored enamel bar centered with a cabochon, connected by a gold-link chain to a gold bar set with diamonds terminating in sapphires, for either Grand Duke Kirill Vladimirovich (Russian 1876-1938), captain of the Russian Imperial navy and commander of the cruiser Oleg or Grand Duke Konstantin Konstantinovich (Russian 1858-1918), chief of the equipage of the navy, each marked with 56 standard, assayer's mark Ya L in Cyrillic for Yakov Nikolaevich Lyapunov, workmaster's mark A*H in Latin for August Frederik Hollming; length of each including bar: 3.5 cm (1 3/8 in.); overall weight: 11.5 g (0.365 ozt)