by Dov 
		Wulich 
		  
		
			
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					 RUSSIAN FAKES: A DIFFERING OPINION
				
				
				Recently a lot of fake silver marks appeared on the market. 
				One of them has been reported in
				
				Members' Window # 45 by Mr. Willand Ringborg.  
				He claims that the mark shown below is a fake.  
        I have evidences that contradict Mr. Ringborg conclusion.
				
				In the images shown below you may see six goblets and basket 
				bought by friend in USSR in official government run shops in 
				70's (in Krasnodar, then USSR, today Russia). 
        They bear marks exactly as that on the previous image.  
				Moreover, the goblets were brought to Poland and checked by Polish 
				officials who re-marked them (see image below). These two facts 
				suggest that the suspicious mark is not a fake.
				
				All the items were produced in 1969 in Dagestan (USSR), 
				therefore I think that these marks were used in this period.
				 
				
				
				Gilded Niello Goblet (set of 6) and basket 
				Kubachy, Dagestan, USSR 
				references: M.M Postnikova-Losseva, N.G. Platonova, B.L. 
				Ulianova "L’orfevrerie et la bijouterie au XV-XXss." (Territoire 
				de l’URSS), pp. 23, 263 N-3952 , 308 N-6262 
				Marks:  
        1. Star+875  
        2. manufacturer 9KXK: 9 for 1969 and the KXK for 
				  
        "Kubachensky Khudozestwenny Kombinat" (Kubachy Artistic Handicraft Factory)
 
				
					
						
							
								
								 
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							Goblet double-marked with original Russian mark and Polish re-mark
							
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							Manufacturer 9KXK: 9 for 1969 and the KXK for Kubachensky Khudozestwenny Kombinat"
							(Kubachy Artistic Handicraft Factory)
							
							
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				Dov Wulich 
         Ben-Gurion University - Israel 
				- 2009 -
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