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Russian Imperial Antique * Questions and Answers from an Expert *
imperialrussia.com:
Dear JWK,
To answer all of your questions, I'm gonna try to upload a few pictures and as you can see, you're absolutely right. VK is Vasiliy Kangin and owner of a silver and gold mastershop (1898 - 1908).
He's not so popular like famous: Vasiliy Semenov, Ivan Khlebnikov, Gavril Grachev and others. But as you can see from the pictures, there are many silversmiths with the same initials (VK). I hope I answered your questions.
Sorry for the quality of the pictures. If you have more questions, I will gladly help.
Kiwi:
--- Quote from: imperialrussia.com on August 09, 2010, 06:31:54 PM ---Hello Kiwi,
Well, this is a unique question you have. To get more information about this company from Finland,
I suggest you go to Russian Central Library or the state archives.
Regards, imperialrussia.com
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Thanks for your reply. I found my answer about the company in Finland. Unfortunately, I found more than I bargained for concerning my family's dealings with it, and many other less-than-noble business ventures, not from the Russian Central Library, but from several historians in Turkey, Russia, Estonia, Britain, and the U.S. I will need to create a new (perhaps too controversial) thread for the discussion. I've searched the Alexanderpalace site, and no mention is made about the characters and sinister "firms" at work during the Russian Civil War (1917-22/23), so this will be news for folks.
I will submit the thread to you in advance, in order to clear its contents.
Cheers,
A very surprised and chocked Kiwi (with three VERY LARGE skeletons in her closet)
Naslednik Norvezhskiy:
I have a question about some of the items you offer for sale at your website.
The spoons with monogramms on this page, did they really belong to members of the Imperial Family, considering that their monogramms only are surmounted by simple noble's coronets (three leafes and two pearls) and the last one (supposedly belonging to Grand Duchess Elena Vladimirovna) with the multi-spiked baronial coronet? I would have expected the imperial crown above the monogramms of all Imperial Highnesses.
imperialrussia.com:
All Russian Imperial silver monogram items, guarantee to be genuine and original, and
made by famous russian silversmiths: Gubkin, Khlebnikov, Grachev Brothers, and others.
Naslednik Norvezhskiy:
--- Quote from: imperialrussia.com on January 19, 2011, 03:33:58 PM ---All Russian Imperial silver monogram items, guarantee to be genuine and original, and
made by famous russian silversmiths: Gubkin, Khlebnikov, Grachev Brothers, and others.
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You did not answer my question. Was it normal for members of the Imperial Family to use simple nobles' coronets above their monogramms instead of the imperial crown?
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