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

Hallmarks: silversmith’s mark ‘G.F.ST’ for Stang GotthardFerdinand (1780 - 1821); assay master’s mark in Cyrillic‘A.Y.’ for Alexander Yashinov (assay master in St. Petersburg1795-1826), silver mark ‘84’, coat of arms of the city of St.PetersburgH. 13 cm, W. 18 cmgross weight 308 gr.