SWAN-SHAPED RUSSIAN SILVER CANDLE HOLDER Gotthard Ferdinand Stang, St. Petersburg, 19th Century

Hallmarks: silversmith’s mark ‘G.F.ST’ for Stang Gotthard Ferdinand (1780 - 1821); assay master’s mark in Cyrillic ‘A.Y.’ for Alexander Yashinov (assay master in St. Petersburg 1795-1826), silver mark ‘84’, coat of arms of the city of St. Petersburg H. 13 cm, W. 18 cm gross weight 308 gr.