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Detailed specialized literature for "professionals".Postnikova-Loseva, M.M.; Platonova, N. G.; Ulyanova,

B.L.Gold and silver work of the XV-XX centuries (territory of the USSR)

Publisher: M.: NaukaCover: firm; 376 pages; 1983 EXPORT OPTION.

Annotation :The history of the development of gold and silver business in the USSR is the subject of many years of

research by the team of authors of the Precious Metals Department of the State Historical Museum in Moscow.

Materials and their processing, that is, the technique and technology of jewelry making, the form and purpose of

objects, their existence in different layers of Russian society, the birth of the evolution of form, the change in methods

of processing metals due to a change not only in purpose, but also in the style of jewelry products are combined in

research with the task of identifying specific historical events that brought to life certain products or a change in their

decor.This work is based on the 1967 book "Russian Gold and Silversmithing of the 15th-20th Centuries". the key to

this pointer. In the key, the hallmarks are arranged in the order of the Russian, Slavic, Latin, Georgian, Armenian and

Arabic alphabets. There are also stamps of assayers with an annual stamp, stamps expressed in numbers and stamps

expressed in various figures and signs.85 drawings were used in the work.The hallmarks were sketched by the

authors from items kept in museum collections and from private individuals.The book is printed on gravure paper with

a coated finish.