Attn. "brnbg aka: liljones 1968" : Yes, thanks also for the posting of the illustration of the circular Faberge frame. As you have correctly posted, Britzin did indeed work in St, Petersburg. Kenneth Snowman in his early volume, "The Art of Carl Faberge," mentions (Under "Faberge's Competitors (p. 129)," that "The most notable of these (competitor) firms were Beilin, Bock, Bolin, BRITZIN, (etc.). On the preceeding page,128, he notes that "Belin, Bock and BRITZIN worked at Faberge's before establishing their own firms." Paul E. Paulson. on page XXIII of his "Guide to Russian Silver Hallmarks" gives "Ivan S. Britsyn - 1869-1912 (and hallmark) - Britsyn (in Cyrillic letters)." He further notes on p.25, that it is a "great possibility" that Britsyn was "directly connected with Faberge at one time or another." Regardless, Britsyn was evidently a fine craftsman and it's a pleasure to see an example of his work. Of course, the GREAT mystery to me (at least), is how and most importantly, WHEN, this apparently original candid photo of G. Rasputin ended up in a frame said to be from the Alexander Palace! Perhaps it originally was Anna Vyroubova's that mysteriously "migrated" to the Palace when things from the area were confiscated after the fall of the dynasty? Do we know of any documentation (interior photos, memoirs, etc. showing that the IF kept such an item as this? (Of course, there ARE a very few photos known of G. Rasputin with the Imperial children and I believe the Empress AF is in at least one......but NEVER the Emperor) Oh, well, who knows... but one can be certain that for a collector, the present value of this frame is greatly enhanced with that photo! Interesting! Best regards, AP