Id on russian salt please

recent auction find, believe the A.A assayer may be Anatolii Artsibashev judging by date and poss Moscow mark?? any help at all with the poss maker would be greatly appreciated.

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“assayer may be Anatolii Artsibashev judging by date and poss Moscow mark??” :+1:
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Две Солонки серебро 84пр 1891г.. Meshok
Saltcellar, silver, 84 standard, 25.65 g, engraving, Ø 4.8 cm, 1891, Moscow, Russia
Серебряная солонка 1889 г.

  1. Anatoly Apollonovich Arkhybashev (Анатолий Аполлонович
    Арцыбашев)
  2. Born April 10, 1856.
  3. Orthodox.
  4. Hereditary nobleman.
  5. Second Men’s Gymnasium in Moscow, graduated June 10, 1874; Imperial Mining Institute, from September 2, 1874 to June 2, 1880, title of mining engineer on June 21, 1880, with the right of promotion to the rank of collegiate secretary.
  6. He had no property. 7. Married since 1884 to Yekaterina Karlovna Silversvan, born before
    1864, died after 1917, Orthodox, daughter of a Russian army colonel of Finnish origin.
    HEADS OF THE TESTING ADMINISTRATION BODIES IN THE KINGDOM OF POLAND…
    264
  7. Children: Lyubov, born July 9, 1885 in Vilnius, died after 1917; Yelizaveta,
    born August 21, 1889 in Moscow, died after 1917.
  8. Father: Apollon Arkhybashev, born before 1836, died ?, hereditary nobleman. Mother: ? Siblings: Fyodor, born before 1856, died ?, retired officer with the rank of captain, supervisor of students at Yeletsky
    Male Gymnasium.
  9. May 20, 1882 – accepted into service in the Mining Department and delegated to technical work in the coal mines owned by the merchant of the 1st guild Achenbach in the Moscow Basin;
    December 2, 1882 – assigned to work in the Mining Department; December 10, 1882 – assistant assayer of the Moscow Assay Chamber; May 2, 1884 – assayer of the Vilnius Assay Chamber; December 14, 1887 – assayer of the Moscow Assay Chamber; July 1, 1896 – assayer of the Moscow District Assay Board; July 1, 1898 – administrator of the Vilnius Assay District; May 16, 1914 – administrator of the Kyiv Assay District.
  10. April 5, 1892 – Order of St. Stanislaus, 3rd Class, for devoted and distinguished service; March 28, 1904 – Order of St. Stanislaus, 2nd Class, for devoted and distinguished service.
  11. September 9, 1882 – collegiate secretary (senior, May 20, 1882); December 9, 1885 – titular counselor (senior, May 20, 1885); February 13, 1889 – collegiate assessor (senior, May 20, 1888); November 10, 1892 – court counselor (senior May 20, 1892);
    November 7, 1896 – collegiate counselor (senior May 20, 1896); January 2, 1901 – state counselor
    (older May 20, 1900).
  12. -.
  13. He died after 1917.
  14. Centralnyj Gosudarstwannyj Istoriczeskij Archiw goroda Sankt
    Peterburg, team 962, inv. 1, ref. 9137, pp. 1–4; Rossiyj Gosudarstven-
    nyj Istoriczeskij Archiw, group 23, inv. 23, ref. 49; band 37, inv. 74, ref.
    180; "Указатель Правительственных Распоряжений по Министерству
    “Finances” 1886, no. 8, p. 531; 1893, no. 1, p. 7; 1898, no. 28, p. 430.
    https://www.bc.umcs.pl/Content/23521/PDF/czas21630_39_2015_13.pdf

Maker’s mark - it starts with a letter “И”. The rest is illegible.
Russian Silversmiths - Makers’ Marks • Online Encyclopedia of Silver Marks, Hallmarks & Makers’ Marks

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once again thanks for the info and knowledge

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